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Raid 0 for game library?

puppzogg
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I was thinking about getting 2 2tb seagate barracudas and putting them in raid 0 to house all my games/random things that can be downloaded again. Has anyone done this and what are your tips?

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Yea you can do this, and I do it with my pile of 2tb hard drives, but id just get a single 4tb if your starting off with new parts. 

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2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Yea you can do this, and I do it with my pile of 2tb hard drives, but id just get a single 4tb if your starting off with new parts. 

Do you recommend a single 4tb because the speed benefit inst very important or just reliability?

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2 minutes ago, puppzogg said:

Do you recommend a single 4tb because the speed benefit inst very important or just reliability?

both, more complex, less reliable, not a big speed increase.

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Depends how much stuff you really want to download and store, especially if it can be re-downloaded again.

If you have a fast enough internet connection, instead of stocking up 4tb of stuff, maybe just get a 1-2tb SSD instead and delete things a little more often?

Much better performance than RAID and, less reliability issues.

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2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

both, more complex, less reliable, not a big speed increase.

alright cool. Thanks!

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