2nd HDD

by ch0wn3d • 9 Mar 2008, 10:24 • Journals
atm I only got a 250 gb hdd from Maxtor but I wanna buy a 320 gb hdd from seagate.

is it possible to use both in raid-mode? and what are the advantages/disadvantages of raid? and i guess raid0 is the best for me isnt it?
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HellKn1ght 9 Mar 2008, 10:40
raid = safer or faster, depends.
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slifer 9 Mar 2008, 10:47
raid 0 = faster but not that good if you want to format
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grunGe 9 Mar 2008, 10:54
raid 0 = worst thing possible
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zivs 9 Mar 2008, 11:00
raid 0 = #careburger
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Fist 9 Mar 2008, 11:00
If u set it in raid 0, u only got 500 gb.
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ch0wn3d 9 Mar 2008, 11:02
why? :o so what do you suggest?
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Fist 9 Mar 2008, 11:04
Because if you set 2 hard disks in raid 0, it takes the smallest hd and doubles it. If you realy wanna do raid 0, buy a nother 250 gb.
But i would suggest just a 500 gb Samsung hd. Afaik Raid isnt that great.
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ng 9 Mar 2008, 12:07
not possible, you need the same disks for a raid.
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snapeuh 9 Mar 2008, 12:38
+1 with _ng you have to get two same disk. And the advantage of the raid 0 is that when you save your stuff in your HDD, it save it at the same time on the second HDD.

In clear : If you got 2x250Gb, you will got 250Gb. (Because one HDD is only for Back-up the other one).

This is usually used for dedicated servers with important stuff on it. You don't need it @ your home.
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ng 9 Mar 2008, 13:22
thats raid1 what you explain here. raid1 is mirrored hdd, raid0 is stripped.
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snapeuh 9 Mar 2008, 13:34
My bad :D

But, hey, it doesn't change a thing in the fact that you need 2 same disks.
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ng 9 Mar 2008, 13:52
nothing to add :-)
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