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Raid 0-ing HDD from OS

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Hey guys! I have my OS already installed in my SSD and i have 2 HDD in the setup now. how do you raid 0 the HDD? (or should i even bother with raid 0ing them?)

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Hey guys! I have my OS already installed in my SSD and i have 2 HDD in the setup now. how do you raid 0 the HDD? (or should i even bother with raid 0ing them?)

 

no real need unless you are installing programs on them,  in exchange for better speeds you do risk your data more, losing one drive means you lose both drives

 

raid 1 is better if you want to mirror the drives for a backup, but if you need the speed and want to use raid 0 make sure you have a good backup

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no real need unless you are installing programs on them, bear in mind you lose half the storage in exchange for better speeds!

what? raid 0 doesn't lose storage?  ex raiding 2 250 drives gives u 500gb but no redundancy      OP USE RAID 1 from storage SPACES PROTECT YOUR DATA, Speed for storage drives is not worth losing data

 

 

 

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what? raid 0 doesn't lose storage?  ex raiding 2 250 drives gives u 500gb but no redundancy      OP USE RAID 1 from storage SPACES PROTECT YOUR DATA, Speed for storage drives is not worth losing data

Sorry yeah you are right  :) twice the storage and double the performance

 

Raid 0 is useful providing your have a decent backup solution for your data (all my rigs use it)

 

Especially if you are installing games and software to mechanical drives

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Sorry yeah you are right   :) twice the storage and double the performance

 

Raid 0 is useful providing your have a decent backup solution for your data (all my rigs use it)

 

Especially if you are installing games and software to mechanical drives

i don't use hdds in my system i have a server with raid 6 much better :D fast and safe :D, but since op has an ssd and 2 hdd, just use raid 1, to protect don't want to be pissed when data is gone.

 

 

 

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i don't use hdds in my system i have a server with raid 6 much better :D fast and safe :D, but since op has an ssd and 2 hdd, just use raid 1, to protect don't want to be pissed when data is gone.

 

I have a raid 10 storage server for my data which backs up to cloud (soon to be a secondary off site NAS)

 

 

But I still use raid 0 in my rigs and laptops!

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no real need unless you are installing programs on them,  in exchange for better speeds you do risk your data more, losing one drive means you lose both drives

 

raid 1 is better if you want to mirror the drives for a backup, but if you need the speed and want to use raid 0 make sure you have a good backup

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