Is raid 0 safe?

[Maximusfoximus]

I have a single 480gb ssd and I need to double my storage. I am building an editing rig in which all of the content will be stored on the device. I will get an identical ssd from the same company. Is it safe to keep my data on raid 0? what are the disadvantages? I do not want to buy a whole new drive since I already have a perfectly capable ssd. 

[themctipers]

it stripes the data for faster access, but if a drive fails, your data is all useless and gone.

 

archival footage, try using a hdd in raid 1 or something

 

speedy access, raid 0 is fine on ssds IMO, but have backups incase something dies.

edit: but it's not worth it if you're not bottlenecked by your ssd's speed. I would invest in a HDD for archival if you don't have one, or just for regular editing, as a good HDD would yield you ~125MB at least, mine gets 200MB sequential (it's video files, sequential mostly)

[Guest]

No. It should never be a go-to solution for a scenario where you actually like your data.

 

The best solution is to get a large platter drive for projects that are not active and only keep current projects on your SSD.

 

[Unimaginative Name]

Generally, I'd say it is safe if you are putting your operating system and programs on it. I would not store data on a RAID 0 array. Only things that I could reinstall and not lose data.

[Enderman]

No, don't do raid.

Back up your data regularly.

[WereCatf]

4 minutes ago, themctipers said:

it stripes the data for faster access, but if a drive fails, your data is all useless and gone.

You are correct, but I'd like to stress this point for the OP/others: if either drive fails, all the data is gone and there is no way of recovering even a small amount of it. With a RAID0 you get half the reliability of a single drive and you lose any and all recovery-options, so it really should only be used when there is nothing especially important stored there.

[aisle9]

The zero is for how many of your files will be left after a power outage.

[JohnMLTX]

I use RAID 0 for the spinning disks in my physical tower, for things like Steam and whatnot. I only endorse running this when you have local AND offsite backup. Everything on the RAID0 is copied nightly to a RAIDZ2 server, and online continuously.

 

It's fantastic for performance, but HORRIBLE for reliability. If either drive has issues, you have no data. Full stop.

 

 

[ARikozuM]

If you need speed, I would recommend RAID 5 or 6 for HDD's. As you're asking for SSD's, it doesn't make much of a difference anyways.

[Thermosman]

Unraid is good for mass storage 

[Skandha]

I have 2 NVMe drives in raid 0, but thats because I have all my user folders, downloads, desktop, etc, forwarded to other hard drives.

Did it purely for overkill, and worst i'll lose if a SSD dies is the same amount if time i'd lose anyway if i was on a single drive and it had died.