Is it worth it to Raid 0/Raid 1?

[Slayher]

I have a custom build, really enjoying it so far but one things annoying me!

STORAGE 1: (C:) 2TB

STORAGE 2: (D:) 300GB

STORAGE 3: (F:) 500GB

 

I'm starting to dislike seeing multiple drives when I click on "My Computer" on Windows 8.1.

Could somebody explain to me the advantages/disadvantages of Raid 0/Raid 1 and which would be better for me?

I want to fuse them into 1 drive, but I don't want to lose all of my data if one drive dies out on me! I did research on both and Raid 1 seems to fit me the best! Could anybody let me know which would be better please! Happy Thanksgiving!

[MoYo]

I think the drives have to have the same amount of capacity to be able to run raid, not an expert tho...

 

edit: well it's maybe not needed but still recommended

Edited November 28, 2013 by MoYo

[Flojer0]

Well neither raid 0 or 1 will help directly with those drives. Maybe if you got another 2TB (or two bigger drives) and did raid 1 for redundancy and ditched the other drives.

 

You may also want to look into some alternate forms of raid and file systems. I believe I heard of something called raid-z:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-standard_RAID_levels#RAID-Z

 

If I recall right something like that can mash all your drives into one and provide some redundancy. Hope that helps and hope that an expert drops in soon .