Hello,
In my next build, I'll have a OCZ Vertex 3 for my OS, probably 120Gb, unless something better comes out before mid-July. I've looked around, and found that the best alternative for fast storage would be to build myself a RAID array. I've got a Cooler Master HAF X, that means 5 3.5" bays.
My SSD taking one, that leaves me with the option to add 4 new HDDs.
The thing is, I'm debating whether or not I need the redundancy of RAID 10 (and have the speed of RAID 0), or if I should simply go with 4 HDDs in RAID 0, and have more storage at my disposal.
I know that RAID does not protect against viruses and malware, that's why I have an external 2TB drive for backups.
Since I'll probably buy 2TB HDDs, that would mean 4Gb vs 8Gb of storage. If there's a big price drop on 3TB HDDs before mid-July, I might go with them.
I've had my eye for some time on those Seagate drives :
2TB : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148506
3TB : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148736
I've read many positive reviews about them, and the 64MB of cache is a really nice addition. I'd be using them with a SATA 2 port (3Gb/s), since the performance decrease is minimal in synthetic benchmarks, compared to when they are used with SATA 3 (6Gb/s). In real life use, the difference must not even be noticeable.
So, my questions are :
1) Should I go with RAID 0 or RAID 10 ?
2) Are these good drives for a RAID array ? If not, why ? Which would you recommend instead ?
Thank you for your help,
al360ex
In my next build, I'll have a OCZ Vertex 3 for my OS, probably 120Gb, unless something better comes out before mid-July. I've looked around, and found that the best alternative for fast storage would be to build myself a RAID array. I've got a Cooler Master HAF X, that means 5 3.5" bays.
My SSD taking one, that leaves me with the option to add 4 new HDDs.
The thing is, I'm debating whether or not I need the redundancy of RAID 10 (and have the speed of RAID 0), or if I should simply go with 4 HDDs in RAID 0, and have more storage at my disposal.
I know that RAID does not protect against viruses and malware, that's why I have an external 2TB drive for backups.
Since I'll probably buy 2TB HDDs, that would mean 4Gb vs 8Gb of storage. If there's a big price drop on 3TB HDDs before mid-July, I might go with them.
I've had my eye for some time on those Seagate drives :
2TB : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148506
3TB : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148736
I've read many positive reviews about them, and the 64MB of cache is a really nice addition. I'd be using them with a SATA 2 port (3Gb/s), since the performance decrease is minimal in synthetic benchmarks, compared to when they are used with SATA 3 (6Gb/s). In real life use, the difference must not even be noticeable.
So, my questions are :
1) Should I go with RAID 0 or RAID 10 ?
2) Are these good drives for a RAID array ? If not, why ? Which would you recommend instead ?
Thank you for your help,
al360ex