Memory Help

[Zephyrus]

Hey im just wondering what a very reliable HDD is. I will be using it for my raid 0 backup and pictures and stuff.

[Altecice]

WD/Seagate.

[Jamdude]

Western Digital are my choice but Seagate are good as well, I wouldn't recommend any others for hard drives.

[Volbet]

I would recommend either Seagate or WD, WD Green drives are not recommended for RAID configurations though, so I would steer clear of those.. 

[tristan1035]

Memory is ram, you're looking for storage. As everyone else said WD or Seagate, i personally would go with Western Digital.

[Zephyrus]

Memory is ram, you're looking for storage. As everyone else said WD or Seagate, i personally would go with Western Digital.

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[Havoc]

Hey im just wondering what a very reliable HDD is. I will be using it for my raid 0 backup and pictures and stuff.

 

If your using it for backup use RAID 1, 5, 6 - Stay clear of 0 if backing up precious data.

 

With regard to drives... Western Digital, personally I would go with RED's.

[Zephyrus]

Can I use 1 hdd not in raid to back up a raid array?

[Havoc]

Can I use 1 hdd not in raid to back up a raid array?

 

Ofcourse, as long as it's large enough.

[Zephyrus]

Ofcourse, as long as it's large enough.

k cool thx again lol

[MG2R]

Do you mind elaborating a bit on your complete intended setup? What is it exactly that you are trying to achieve?

[Zephyrus]

Do you mind elaborating a bit on your complete intended setup? What is it exactly that you are trying to achieve?

I will have 2 250gb ssds in raid 0 for programs os and such, and then i will have a hdd to back it up and put important things on it.

[MG2R]

I'd suggest against putting SSDs in RAID 0. You're better of running a single big 512GB SSD.

 

I'm running two 120GB SSDs in RAID 0 myself and I can tell you now that it doesn't make any difference in performance, except for pure sequential R/W, which is completely irrelevant for programs and OS. It even lengthens my boot time significantly because now the RAID controller needs to initialise before the system can boot.