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Make a NAS.

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Gday folks!

I have 3 drives in my current rig. 2x 1TB in RAID 1 and 1x 120Gb ssd. What do I do with 4x 750GB HDD's I got from a friend for free. They are all new he just didn't need them.

The SSD has the OS and Adobe CC on it. The 1TB RAID 1 drive has all my games, videos, photos etc.

What do I do with the above mentioned 4x 750GB's?

Thanks!

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1 minute ago, Warning said:

Gday folks!

I have 3 drives in my current rig. 2x 1TB in RAID 1 and 1x 120Gb ssd. What do I do with 4x 750GB HDD's I got from a friend for free. They are all new he just didn't need them.

The SSD has the OS and Adobe CC on it. The 1TB RAID 1 drive has all my games, videos, photos etc.

What do I do with the above mentioned 4x 750GB's?

Thanks!

raid 0 it all?

super speed loading?

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4 minutes ago, Josephdalepi said:

raid 0 it all?

super speed loading?

Hell No! I have had RAID 0 arrays failed before. I'm not doing it again!

Main System Specs:

  • Intel Core i5 6500 3.2GHz CPU
  • Gigabyte GA-H170-D3H Motherboard
  • Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB 2400MHz, Gskill Ripjaws 8GB
  • Asus GTX 1060 Turbo
  • Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD
  • Seagate 1TB NAS Grade HDD x2
  • Thermaltake NiC F3 Cooler
  • EVGA Supernova 750 G2 Power Supply
  • NZXT S340 Red/Black Case
  • Noctua NF-F12 Fan x2

Laptop Specs:

  • Intel Pentium N3700 CPU
  • 4GB Kingston RAM
  • Intel HD Graphics
  • Windows 10 Home

Peripherals:

  • Microsoft Wired 600 KB
  • Dell 2003 Mouse
  • HP Compaq LA2206x Monitor
  • Logitech X530 5.1 Speakers
  • Roland RH-5 Headphones
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Just now, Warning said:

Hell No! I have had RAID 0 arrays failed before. I'm not doing it again!

dude

use the raid 0 to screw around

dont put anything that matters on it

ive got 4 1tb drives in raid 0

the only thing i put on them is games

games that automatically back up to the steam cloud

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Just now, Josephdalepi said:

dude

use the raid 0 to screw around

dont put anything that matters on it

ive got 4 1tb drives in raid 0

the only thing i put on them is games

games that automatically back up to the steam cloud

Yeah but if something happens, I have to download my games again. My download is about 500-700 kb/s

Main System Specs:

  • Intel Core i5 6500 3.2GHz CPU
  • Gigabyte GA-H170-D3H Motherboard
  • Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB 2400MHz, Gskill Ripjaws 8GB
  • Asus GTX 1060 Turbo
  • Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD
  • Seagate 1TB NAS Grade HDD x2
  • Thermaltake NiC F3 Cooler
  • EVGA Supernova 750 G2 Power Supply
  • NZXT S340 Red/Black Case
  • Noctua NF-F12 Fan x2

Laptop Specs:

  • Intel Pentium N3700 CPU
  • 4GB Kingston RAM
  • Intel HD Graphics
  • Windows 10 Home

Peripherals:

  • Microsoft Wired 600 KB
  • Dell 2003 Mouse
  • HP Compaq LA2206x Monitor
  • Logitech X530 5.1 Speakers
  • Roland RH-5 Headphones
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Just now, Warning said:

Yeah but if something happens, I have to download my games again. My download is about 500-700 kb/s

thats why you leave them on your normal array and just put them there for speed sometimes

 

realistically?

see if you can sell

doesnt seem you have a use

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Just now, Comic_Sans_MS said:

Make a NAS.

Actually not a bad idea. I have some spare parts around!

Main System Specs:

  • Intel Core i5 6500 3.2GHz CPU
  • Gigabyte GA-H170-D3H Motherboard
  • Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB 2400MHz, Gskill Ripjaws 8GB
  • Asus GTX 1060 Turbo
  • Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD
  • Seagate 1TB NAS Grade HDD x2
  • Thermaltake NiC F3 Cooler
  • EVGA Supernova 750 G2 Power Supply
  • NZXT S340 Red/Black Case
  • Noctua NF-F12 Fan x2

Laptop Specs:

  • Intel Pentium N3700 CPU
  • 4GB Kingston RAM
  • Intel HD Graphics
  • Windows 10 Home

Peripherals:

  • Microsoft Wired 600 KB
  • Dell 2003 Mouse
  • HP Compaq LA2206x Monitor
  • Logitech X530 5.1 Speakers
  • Roland RH-5 Headphones
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