[SOLVED] 2 SSD +1HDD vs 1SSD 2HDD vs 2SSD 2HDD?

[Mystos]

My locality is prone to outages or something is being worked on.
In any case, the reason for this setup:
I have backups of my work programs on one SSD and files on a HDD so should the SSD for the work programs fail, I can always have a backed up copy with program folders intact, but if the OS SSD fails, I'll have to reinstall windows altogether which hopefully I'll never have to do again (after a mobo failure on one of my laptops which ruined the one and only HDD a few years back which probably made me lose some hair)

Any ideas or thoughts/suggestions?

I can type up a list of what drive I'll use for what if that helps

 

[jay32267]

I would clone the drive that has the OS on it at certain time intervals.
You can decide what interval is good for you.
I clone mine about once a month.
That way....if anything goes amiss I can always go back.

 

[Mystos]

I would clone the drive that has the OS on it at certain time intervals.
You can decide what interval is good for you.
I clone mine about once a month.
That way....if anything goes amiss I can always go back.

Clone to a SSD or a backup HDD?

 

[jay32267]

I clone to an HDD.....just because I had the HDD and I would have to buy an SSD.
Either way is fine.
Cloning to an SSD would be faster.....but my systems only take about a half hour to clone.....and that includes doing a clone verification.....so I don't really see the need at this point to spend money on an SSD......but I imagine in the future I will wind up cloning to an SSD.

 

[Mystos]

Btw, what are your thoughts on SSDs potentially losing data on a power outage?

 

[Mystos]

Cloning to an SSD would be faster.....but my systems only take about a half hour to clone.....and that includes doing a clone verification.....so I don't really see the need at this point to spend money on an SSD......but I imagine in the future I will wind up cloning to an SSD.

Btw, what are your thoughts on SSDs potentially losing data on a power outage compared to a HDD?

 

[jay32267]

Btw, what are your thoughts on SSDs potentially losing data on a power outage compared to a HDD?

I think that if a power outage occurs while either drive is writing.....that could definitely lead to problems.
As far as...if the drives are idle.....I don't think you will lose data.
Although these are just my thoughts.
As far as.....is one less likely than the other to have problems after a power outage.....I'm not sure.