I am very interested in how others have organized there system's storage for there needs.
I am thinking of upgrading to a single =>1TB HDD instead of a RAID setup and wonder if there would be a major performance decrease? Oddly its cheaper then getting 2 500GB HDD and sticking them in a RAID.
My setup is:
2 x 250GB HDDs in RAID 0
Partitions: 30GB for XP Pro x64
30GB for My Documents
50GB for Programs
200GB for Games
155GB for General Storage
(ps i know it does not add up to 500GB)
1 x 80GB HDD
Partition: 80GB for Windows 7
I have not changed the setup for years now, and I know there are a few flaws ie. OS reinstallation on the 30GB and I have to pretty much wipe the 2 partitions for programs and games and reinstall. However it does safe guard saved games and mods so I can extract before reinstall. Also a few games get narky cos the My Documents has been moved to a new partition.
Whats your setup and why, would be interested to hear reasons and opinions on the subject.
I am thinking of upgrading to a single =>1TB HDD instead of a RAID setup and wonder if there would be a major performance decrease? Oddly its cheaper then getting 2 500GB HDD and sticking them in a RAID.
My setup is:
2 x 250GB HDDs in RAID 0
Partitions: 30GB for XP Pro x64
30GB for My Documents
50GB for Programs
200GB for Games
155GB for General Storage
(ps i know it does not add up to 500GB)
1 x 80GB HDD
Partition: 80GB for Windows 7
I have not changed the setup for years now, and I know there are a few flaws ie. OS reinstallation on the 30GB and I have to pretty much wipe the 2 partitions for programs and games and reinstall. However it does safe guard saved games and mods so I can extract before reinstall. Also a few games get narky cos the My Documents has been moved to a new partition.
Whats your setup and why, would be interested to hear reasons and opinions on the subject.