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Quick question about my current Raid Setup

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So I'm thinking about adding more storage to my computer. I currently have 3x2tb black drives setup in Raid0. I am using as RocketRaid 2720SGL as the controller. I'm wondering if I add more drives if I would have to redo the partition by scratch or if It would just add the additional storage? If I can't add more 2tb drives, I might as well just rebuild the whole partition with larger drives if I can't add to what I currently have.

CPU:i7 5930k @4.5 Mobo:x99 Deluxe RAM:32gb Corsair @2800 GPU: SLI EVGA Titan X Case: Corsair 900D Storage: 6x 4TB Seagate SSHD(raid5), 2x500gb Samsung 850 Evo Raid0 PSU: Corsair ax1500i Audio: Asus Essence STX

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You'd have to repartition everything if you wanted to add more ssds/hdds to your raid.

Crap! I was afraid of that. Good thing Prime day is almost here! Thanks for your help.

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So I'm thinking about adding more storage to my computer. I currently have 3x2tb black drives setup in Raid0. I am using as RocketRaid 2720SGL as the controller. I'm wondering if I add more drives if I would have to redo the partition by scratch or if It would just add the additional storage? If I can't add more 2tb drives, I might as well just rebuild the whole partition with larger drives if I can't add to what I currently have.

 

You know raid 0 gives you speed but no protection right? if any drive fails you lose the lot.

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You know raid 0 gives you speed but no protection right? if any drive fails you lose the lot.

Oh I know the risk I run... I also run my OS on Raid0 of 2x 500gb 850 evos. But I back everything up to my NAS which is in RAID5 and also back up the really important stuff to the cloud. I prefer having the speed for games over anything else.

CPU:i7 5930k @4.5 Mobo:x99 Deluxe RAM:32gb Corsair @2800 GPU: SLI EVGA Titan X Case: Corsair 900D Storage: 6x 4TB Seagate SSHD(raid5), 2x500gb Samsung 850 Evo Raid0 PSU: Corsair ax1500i Audio: Asus Essence STX

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