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I just got a second Toshiba N300 8tb drive for games and I'm considering putting it in raid 0 with my other identical games HDD. 

I've been using primocache to accelerate the existing 8tb games drive so I would carry that forward (256gb off of a SN750 also used for games).  

 

Would this be worth the effort or even boost performance at all?

Pro(s):
Faster transfers between the HDDs and SSDs
One volume to manage

I will have a spare 8tb drive to move the current drives contents too while setting up the raid.

Improved sequential R/W.

 

Con(s):
Redownloading 9+ terabytes of games if a drive fails would be kind of annoying (only get 200-600mbs down)

I'd have to learn how to set up a raid array.

Reduced random R/W for non cached contents.

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1 hour ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

I'd probably just be lazy and have 2 seperate drives. Much simpler, and you won't have to redownload or copy all your files back to the new raid array.

Honestly, that would be the smart thing to do but it's not nearly as cool! 
I think I'll probably take the advise though It'll just make things easier. 
 

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-11700K | COOLER: NH-D15 Chromamax | MOTHERBOARD: ROG MAXIMUS XIII HERO | RAM: Team Group Delta RGB (running at 3200MHZ Cl16 20 40) | GPU: Asus RTX 2070 Dual Mini (de-shrouded with 2x120mm 3400rpm delta fans) | STORAGE: WD Black SN850 1TB + SN750 1TB + 840 EVO 256 GB + 2xToshiba N300 8TB + 2xSeagate Barracuda 8TB | CASE: Lian-LI LanCool 2 | PSU: Old HX 850 | KEYBOARD: Rosewill mechanical, wip custom Kailh copper gaming keypad | MOUSE: Logitech G502 | MONITOR: Asus 27in 1440p 165hz HDR 400, 2x24in BenQ 1080p, 19in Dell 4:3 | HEADSET: SteelSeries Arctits 7 | OS: WIndows 10 64bit | RGB: A lot

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