RAID 0, NTFS and FAT32 pros and cons. help?

[fatfingers25]

hello and good day, what a nice guide, i learned a lot from this thread. I have just 1 little question, if you are going to im

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Did this get cut off?

 

[fatfingers25]

Did this get cut off?

what do you mean cut off? good day to you sir, i'm a beginner.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

"im" is not a word - was there meant to be an actual question after that?

 

[USAFRet]

Did this get cut off?

what do you mean cut off? good day to you sir, i'm a beginner.

What is your actual question?

 

[fatfingers25]

"im" is not a word - was there meant to be an actual question after that?

Oopps, i did not see that, thank you sir for noticing, i really am curious, and i just wondered by reading this thread, for raid 0, when installing an OS, what are the pros and cons of a partition format? example, NTFS and FAT32, what are the advantages of this formats when in RAID 0. I don't quite get the idea provided by the thread that i've read. Good day to you sir.

 

[4745454b]

LOL, I wonder if we are being trolled. Look at his name. I think it happened with his OP...

Edit: I would argue in this day and age FAT32 is dead. It can't support files larger then 2GBs, and isn't as efficient as NTFS with larger sized drives. It's fine for USB sticks as they are small and you never know when you might need to interface with an ancient computer. But for your desktop, NTFS all the way.

I'd also argue that AID0 is dead as well. If you need speed, SSD. Otherwise just stick with single drives.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

FAT32 can't handle files greater than 4GiB. That's about it.

Windows basically won't let you install onto anything but NTFS now.

 

[4745454b]

Oops, just looked it up, 4GBs. My bad.

 

[fatfingers25]

LOL, I wonder if we are being trolled. Look at his name. I think it happened with his OP...

Edit: I would argue in this day and age FAT32 is dead. It can't support files larger then 2GBs, and isn't as efficient as NTFS with larger sized drives. It's fine for USB sticks as they are small and you never know when you might need to interface with an ancient computer. But for your desktop, NTFS all the way.

I'd also argue that AID0 is dead as well. If you need speed, SSD. Otherwise just stick with single drives.

Wow, that's a lot to digest. but thanks, anyway what can an SSD do? i've heard a lot about it, even researched it but i really need a simple explanation. SSD would make your OS fast, am i correct sir? thanks for the fast reply.

 

[fatfingers25]

FAT32 can't handle files greater than 4GiB. That's about it.

Windows basically won't let you install onto anything but NTFS now.

okay sir, so the most efficient will be NTFS. thank you for the reply.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Unless you're running something other than Windows. At which point you have a massive plethora of filesystems to choose from.

 

[4745454b]

Think of SSD like your RAM, no moving parts. A harddrive (hdd) is like a record/phonograph. A spinning disk with a read/write head that works very similar to a record. It takes time to move the head into position, and it can't read as fast as RAM can. This is why an SSD is so much faster then a HDD. By using AID0 with two normal drives you can reach the speed of an SSD if you are lucky. Add in the risk of data loss with AID0 and I see no point to it seeing as we have SSDs now.

 

[USAFRet]

FAT32 can't handle files greater than 4GiB. That's about it.

Windows basically won't let you install onto anything but NTFS now.

okay sir, so the most efficient will be NTFS. thank you for the reply.

Yes. But why the RAID 0 consideration?

 

[fatfingers25]

Unless you're running something other than Windows. At which point you have a massive plethora of filesystems to choose from.

I will only focus on windows as of now sir.

 

[fatfingers25]

FAT32 can't handle files greater than 4GiB. That's about it.

Windows basically won't let you install onto anything but NTFS now.

okay sir, so the most efficient will be NTFS. thank you for the reply.

Yes. But why the RAID 0 consideration?

I ask RAID 0 because i read a thread here and since i am a beginner, i really need to know the simple explanation about RAID 0. i focus only on 0 because of its performance advantage. Thank you for the reply sir.

 

[fatfingers25]

Think of SSD like your RAM, no moving parts. A harddrive (hdd) is like a record/phonograph. A spinning disk with a read/write head that works very similar to a record. It takes time to move the head into position, and it can't read as fast as RAM can. This is why an SSD is so much faster then a HDD. By using AID0 with two normal drives you can reach the speed of an SSD if you are lucky. Add in the risk of data loss with AID0 and I see no point to it seeing as we have SSDs now.

Well this much makes sense, so an SSD is like a flash drive but has more speed and power. i never tried SSD, i'm just planning for now if i really want it because i want to lessen the boot time of my pc when i turn it on such as rushing to do something from a turned off computer. So RAID 0 is not advisable anymore. I will try to research more on SSD. Thank you so much sir. I learned a lot today.

 

[USAFRet]

I ask RAID 0 because i read a thread here and since i am a beginner, i really need to know the simple explanation about RAID 0. i focus only on 0 because of its performance advantage. Thank you for the reply sir.

RAID 0 - stripes the data across 2 or more drives.

Pro - can be faster accessing data than a single drive
Con - If either drive dies, or the RAID controller dies, all data is lost.

If you want 'speed', an SSD is a far better choice. Faster than 2 x HDD's in RAID 0, and less chance of fail.
For regular desktop use, there are two words that relate to RAID, especially RAID 0 - "Don't bother"

 

[fatfingers25]

I ask RAID 0 because i read a thread here and since i am a beginner, i really need to know the simple explanation about RAID 0. i focus only on 0 because of its performance advantage. Thank you for the reply sir.

RAID 0 - stripes the data across 2 or more drives.

Pro - can be faster accessing data than a single drive
Con - If either drive dies, or the RAID controller dies, all data is lost.

If you want 'speed', an SSD is a far better choice. Faster than 2 x HDD's in RAID 0, and less chance of fail.
For regular desktop use, there are two words that relate to RAID, especially RAID 0 - "Don't bother"

ok sir thank you for this wonderful wisdom, will focus more on SSD for now, but i will also study the history of RAID just for curiosity purposes. Thank you for the reply sir.

 

[USAFRet]

I ask RAID 0 because i read a thread here and since i am a beginner, i really need to know the simple explanation about RAID 0. i focus only on 0 because of its performance advantage. Thank you for the reply sir.

RAID 0 - stripes the data across 2 or more drives.

Pro - can be faster accessing data than a single drive
Con - If either drive dies, or the RAID controller dies, all data is lost.

If you want 'speed', an SSD is a far better choice. Faster than 2 x HDD's in RAID 0, and less chance of fail.
For regular desktop use, there are two words that relate to RAID, especially RAID 0 - "Don't bother"

ok sir thank you for this wonderful wisdom, will focus more on SSD for now, but i will also study the history of RAID just for curiosity purposes. Thank you for the reply sir.

Read more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

 

[fatfingers25]

I ask RAID 0 because i read a thread here and since i am a beginner, i really need to know the simple explanation about RAID 0. i focus only on 0 because of its performance advantage. Thank you for the reply sir.

RAID 0 - stripes the data across 2 or more drives.

Pro - can be faster accessing data than a single drive
Con - If either drive dies, or the RAID controller dies, all data is lost.

If you want 'speed', an SSD is a far better choice. Faster than 2 x HDD's in RAID 0, and less chance of fail.
For regular desktop use, there are two words that relate to RAID, especially RAID 0 - "Don't bother"

ok sir thank you for this wonderful wisdom, will focus more on SSD for now, but i will also study the history of RAID just for curiosity purposes. Thank you for the reply sir.

Read more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

Thank you for the link sir, reading it now.