Raid 10 inquiry

[MrTwistyFilms]

So if i wanted to run a 2TB storage in raid 10 with 2 1TB SSD's in the stripe and a 2TB HDD as the backup. First off, would this be possible, and second if it is possible would the HDD backup negate the speed of the striped SSD's?

PS: im a newb to doing anything raid so if all this is just stupidly impossible sorry and feel free to help me better understand lol

 

[popatim]

A raid 10 is a raid 0 array made up of two raid 1 arrays.
While what you want is possible with a more advanced controller (hybrid array in raid 01 (1tb's in R0 mirrored to the 2T)), its not possible with basic controllers as you would need 4 drives.

What HDD backup are you referring to?
No Form of raid is a substitute for a backup. If you do not have a backup solution then put the 2T in an external enclosure and run with just an r0 of the 1T's and thats IF you really need raid in the first place.

 

[MrTwistyFilms]

As i understood it, raid 0 is data striping and raid 1 was data mirroring, and raid 10 was both stripped and mirroring. So i was unsure as to whether i could do 2 ssd's in stripe and mirror it to either a 2tb hdd or two 1tb hdd's without slowing the speed of the ssd's striping for read/write. But like i said im completely new to this.

Ps: the main reason i ask is because i want to do raid 0 with two ssd's and id like to have them backed up, but dont wanna spend an extra 600$ on ssd's just for mirroring. Id rather either be able to use hdd's for mirroring, or if that slows down the striping than id rather just do two ssd's in raid 0

 

[USAFRet]

As i understood it, raid 0 is data striping and raid 1 was data mirroring, and raid 10 was both stripped and mirroring. So i was unsure as to whether i could do 2 ssd's in stripe and mirror it to either a 2tb hdd or two 1tb hdd's without slowing the speed of the ssd's striping for read/write. But like i said im completely new to this.

Ps: the main reason i ask is because i want to do raid 0 with two ssd's and id like to have them backed up, but dont wanna spend an extra 600$ on ssd's just for mirroring. Id rather either be able to use hdd's for mirroring, or if that slows down the striping than id rather just do two ssd's in raid 0

1. SSD's mirrored with HDD's reduces the performance of the SSD to that of the HDD.
Don't do this.

2. Read this before you go down that RAID 0 + SSD road:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html

The tl-dr from that link is....Don't bother. You will see little if any performance gain vs individual SSD's.

 

[MrTwistyFilms]

Thanks alot for your help that exactly answered my questions and more, single ssd it is. Thanks!