RAID 1, 2 250gb ssd as bootdrive and 2 1tb HDD Storage

[Juan Carlos_1]

HI, i was wondering if i could make raid 1 to two 250gb SSDs to boot and store especific games in my soon to buy pc and separately raid 1 two 1tb hdds for Other games and files. If i can how could i achieve this.

 

[boosted1g]

This is a horrifically inefficient use of drives.

Sure raid 1 will protect you against a drive failure, but it does nothing to protect you against windows getting corrupted from a bad shutdown, botched updates, software installs and viruses/malware. With Raid 1 you just have a perfect copy of your screwed up OS.

You could put OS and programs on one SSD, games on the other. Then back them both up to a magnetic disk drive.

 

[Juan Carlos_1]

This is a horrifically inefficient use of drives.

Sure raid 1 will protect you against a drive failure, but it does nothing to protect you against windows getting corrupted from a bad shutdown, botched updates, software installs and viruses/malware. With Raid 1 you just have a perfect copy of your screwed up OS.

You could put OS and programs on one SSD, games on the other. Then back them both up to a magnetic disk drive.

what do you mean by this? so i should still have for hard drives but use them all and copy all of their info in a magnetic disk drive?

 

[boosted1g]

250 GB SSD 1: OS DRIVE (Windows and Programs)
250 GB SSD 2: Games
1 TB HDD 1: Overflow or Files/Media
1 TB HDD 2: Backup of other 3 drives.

 

[George Mulligan]

+1 on boosted1g's recommendation. RAID is not a good backup option.