SSD raid 0 madness

[Biddls]

Im thinking of getting 2 2-4 TB HDD in raid 1 and using that as a back up for my 16 SSD's (raid 0)?

worth it or should i just go with raid 5's into raid 0's

i think that its about as safe because i can fail twice before i have to worry and then i can just rebuild with only 15 SSD's and add another later

wear as only multiplying my speed by 5 and having 5 fail safes (roughly)

Im doing this for bragging and also im fed up of my 1TB 10000000000000000 year old HDD

[Enderman]

Or, you know, just buy one NVME ssd and have faster speeds and reliability than everything you're trying to do.

[RadiatingLight]

What the actual shit do you need that array for??

NVME SSDs are already beginning to push the boundaries of PCI-e X4, so speed is good enough. Storage space is enough with 2TB M.2 SSDs from Samsung in their 960 PRO series, Reliability is much better with one SSD than 16, and mass-storage can be handled with HDDs

[Thorimus]

Instead of screwing around with RAID SATA SSDs, get an M.2 or PCIe SSD, like a Samsung 950 PRO or Intel 750 Series. They'll give you the speed you're looking for with much better reliability.

[asapansh]

10 minutes ago, Biddls said:

Im thinking of getting 2 2-4 TB HDD in raid 1 and using that as a back up for my 16 SSD's (raid 0)?

worth it or should i just go with raid 5's into raid 0's

i think that its about as safe because i can fail twice before i have to worry and then i can just rebuild with only 15 SSD's and add another later

wear as only multiplying my speed by 5 and having 5 fail safes (roughly)

Im doing this for bragging and also im fed up of my 1TB 10000000000000000 year old HDD

 

buddy just buy into nvme

[ARikozuM]

Pretty sure this is a troll thread or someone who really has too much time and not enough drive to do these things.

[Biddls]

If you guys say so 

and no this was not a troll

But manny thanks any way 

rly helpful as always

[Biddls]

On 16 October 2016 at 9:15 PM, RadiatingLight said:

What the actual shit do you need that array for??

NVME SSDs are already beginning to push the boundaries of PCI-e X4, so speed is good enough. Storage space is enough with 2TB M.2 SSDs from Samsung in their 960 PRO series, Reliability is much better with one SSD than 16, and mass-storage can be handled with HDDs

For my home server and all of my raspberry Pi clients

[Captain_WD]

On 16.10.2016 г. at 11:10 PM, Biddls said:

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Hey Biddls

 

That's quite a serious project that you have undertaken. Could you provide more details about what you are doing and what sort of data are we talking about? 

 

Regarding the backup, it really depends on how safe you want your data to be. First and foremost, RAID is by no means a replacement for a backup if it's in the same system. I would strongly recommend to consider external drives or NAS devices that are separated from your system in order to avoid issues in case of power failure or physical damage. 

 

I would suggest to consider having WD Red drives in a RAID1 configuration somewhere offsite or simply get a WD My Cloud Mirror and configure it as a RAID1 backup of your data over the network. 

 

Let me know if you have any questions! 

 

Captain_WD. 

[Biddls]

14 hours ago, Captain_WD said:

Hey Biddls

 

That's quite a serious project that you have undertaken. Could you provide more details about what you are doing and what sort of data are we talking about? 

 

Regarding the backup, it really depends on how safe you want your data to be. First and foremost, RAID is by no means a replacement for a backup if it's in the same system. I would strongly recommend to consider external drives or NAS devices that are separated from your system in order to avoid issues in case of power failure or physical damage. 

 

I would suggest to consider having WD Red drives in a RAID1 configuration somewhere offsite or simply get a WD My Cloud Mirror and configure it as a RAID1 backup of your data over the network. 

 

Let me know if you have any questions! 

 

Captain_WD. 

yer my idea is that because i have a whole cupboard in my room that's empty i'm going to make a custom case out of wood and old cases and mount it in there and seal it off with an acrylic front and fans (filter etc.)

 

then because i port required for my internet i'm moving my router to my room and thus a strait connection to the power over Ethernet. i will then have raspberry pies mounted to screens around my house:

moms room (tv probs)

my bro's for gaming

TV down stairs

then 2 pc's in the loft

 

although i do not need this much speed i have never witnessed a windows to have booted quickly and i wish to change that i like the idea of using the multiple SSD's more then 1 big and fast M.2 because if 1 fails then i rebuild and continue adding as i go where as when the M.2 dies that's it i have to fish about another £1K+ and i can then also add more if need be

(my compute power is not a problem)

the only heavy gaming will be on my end (from the server directly) the rest will probs be VM's using steam in home streaming and then a HDMI and USB cable though a hole in the wall to my moms room for here to use the screen

 

Captian_WD many thanks for your possible insite and intrest in my project

[Captain_WD]

9 hours ago, Biddls said:

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That actually sounds like a great idea! Make sure you make a build log so we can enjoy the results and the whole process! 

 

Mind that if a single drive from a RAID0 fails you would lose everything on the whole array and you will need to reinstall everything and start from scratch. 

 

Also, another thing to consider is that booting for a RAID array could actually be slower than booting from a single faster drive as the system needs to initialize the array first and then start the boot sequence where with a single OS drive you don't need to wait for anything and go straight to the OS. 

 

I would also recommend to consider a M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD for your OS for fast boot/load times and good responsiveness and then consider NAS/RAID-class HDDs for the rest of the storage. 

 

Captain_WD.