Recent content by brucerobinson

Lodders I'm terribly sorry but I seemed to have inadvertently (fiddling about because I couldn't see how to Reply to your post - it only shows the link if I have my browser fullscreen, I now know) down-rated your solution and don't seem to be able to edit that to rectify - so here's for the...

Many thanks for this insight into SSDs in striped arrays, clears up for me why RAID1 preferred over 5. With no need for GPT and drivers not a concern this solution is all very much more straightforward - I leave the current OS install on the Vertex SSD so if I have any problems can simply...

Many thanks JaredDM, Re: 1 (and therefore to follow, 5) Yes, uptime and failure tolerance - SSD for OS gives all the performance I need. You strongly recommend RAID 1 so I'm not about to ignore that.... May I ask why? I arrived at RAID5 having started at RAID 1 having bought 2x identical Samsung...

I have: Vertex SSD 120Gb with OS and programs on it. I want to retain this OS system installation i.e. no fresh OS install. It is Win 10 Pro through upgrade from Win 7 Pro license. I have further 2x Samsung 128Gb SSDs and plethora of HDDs larger than SSDs and NAS for data storage and backup. I...