High Capacity VS Raid 0

[nikolaizombie1]

What is Better To Have A 4TB HDD Or To Have A RAID 0 Array of 2 2TB HDD?

[PokémonTrainerFour]

RAID 0 is, in theory, less reliable.

 

[murpup569]

4TB is more reliable but the 2 2TB is way more expensive but I would imagine that the 2 2TB SSD in RAID is really freak'n fast!!!!!

I didn't even know that they made a 2TB SSD?

but if they did then it would set you back almost $2000.

[CowsGoRoar]

2TB SSD obviously.

 

You can always back it up to an external HDD.

[nikolaizombie1]

4TB is more reliable but the 2 2TB is way more expensive but I would imagine that the 2 2TB SSD in RAID is really freak'n fast!!!!!

I didn't even know that they made a 2TB SSD?

but if they did then it would set you back almost $2000.

fuck me that's expensive 

anyway so i should get a 4tb wb green drive instead?

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Green-Desktop-WD40EZRX/dp/B00EHBEUZO

sorry i meant hdd

[DarkR3bel]

It really depends on your purpose and what you need from your storage. If you need a backup drive that will be rarely read from, a 4TB WD Green is fine. If you need the speed of roughly 2 HDDs and will have a backup or if you're ready to lose all of your data in an instant then a 2x2TB RAID 0 should be fine.

[nikolaizombie1]

It really depends on your purpose and what you need from your storage. If you need a backup drive that will be rarely read from, a 4TB WD Green is fine. I don't think you can get consumer 2TB SATA SSDs yet, but if you need blazing fast performance and will have a backup or if you're ready to lose all of your data in an instant then a 2x2TB RAID 0 should be fine.

Sorry i meant HDD

[DarkR3bel]

Sorry i meant HDD

Still, the same applies whether you go HDD or SSD.

[nikolaizombie1]

do i need 4tb of storage if i download lots of stuff?

[DarkR3bel]

do i need 4tb of storage if i download lots of stuff?

How much is lots? You'll need 4TB if you are going to download more than 3TB of stuff. I have 30 Steam games installed, uses about 300GB of space. So if you are going to download a LOT of games or have a lot of movies on your drive, you'll still probably only need 2-3TB. 4TB is if you want to keep hours of raw footage or have a metric butt ton of stuff.