Use RAID 0 or Not??

"blaster500" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> What!? RAID 0 is great for a home computer and you will not lose any HD
> space. It will stripe your two hd's together so they will appear as one
> large drive. Data access time can be increased by nearly x2 is certain
> situations since the data is spread out onto two drives. The limiting
> factor in most PC setups are the hard drive speed, so having two hard
> drives working at the same time to retrieve data helps significantly.



only problem is that if one drive goes belly up all your data is lost


By all means go RAID but just make extra sure your data is backed up
regularly

Hey ALL,

I have an option I have never used before on my new PC. I have heard about
the RAID 0 and 1 in the past, but never paid much attention since it did not
apply. So now the opportunity is presenting itself and I would like some
help. In essence, is it a worth while venture or not? My HD are 350GB @
7800, and as I understand it, if I use the RAID, I will loose one of the HD's
in the overall scheme. So instead of 700GB, I will have 335GB. So please
help help out and give your advice. I use the system for home. I use Office
2007 , but also play a lot of RPG Games, like Oblivion and NeverWinter
Nights. First persons shooters are COD 2 & 4. So I await your input! Gunny

"Seidell23231" <> wrote in message
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> Hey ALL,
>
> I have an option I have never used before on my new PC. I have heard
about
> the RAID 0 and 1 in the past, but never paid much attention since it did
not
> apply. So now the opportunity is presenting itself and I would like some
> help. In essence, is it a worth while venture or not? My HD are 350GB @
> 7800, and as I understand it, if I use the RAID, I will loose one of the
HD's
> in the overall scheme. So instead of 700GB, I will have 335GB. So please
> help help out and give your advice. I use the system for home. I use
Office
> 2007 , but also play a lot of RPG Games, like Oblivion and NeverWinter
> Nights. First persons shooters are COD 2 & 4. So I await your input!
Gunny

It's not usually justifiable to use RAID on a home computer

Why RAID is (usually) a Terrible Idea
http://www.pugetsystems.com/articles?&id=29

RAID Explained
http://www.pugetsystems.com/articles.php?id=24


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"Seidell23231" wrote:

Hey ALL,

I have an option I have never used before on my new PC. I have heard about
the RAID 0 and 1 in the past, but never paid much attention since it did not
apply. So now the opportunity is presenting itself and I would like some
help. In essence, is it a worth while venture or not? My HD are 350GB @
7800, and as I understand it, if I use the RAID, I will loose one of the HD's
in the overall scheme. So instead of 700GB, I will have 335GB. So please
help help out and give your advice. I use the system for home. I use Office
2007 , but also play a lot of RPG Games, like Oblivion and NeverWinter
Nights. First persons shooters are COD 2 & 4. So I await your input! Gunny

From: "Seidell23231" <>

| Hey ALL,
|
| I have an option I have never used before on my new PC. I have heard about
| the RAID 0 and 1 in the past, but never paid much attention since it did not
| apply. So now the opportunity is presenting itself and I would like some
| help. In essence, is it a worth while venture or not? My HD are 350GB @
| 7800, and as I understand it, if I use the RAID, I will loose one of the HD's
| in the overall scheme. So instead of 700GB, I will have 335GB. So please
| help help out and give your advice. I use the system for home. I use Office
| 2007 , but also play a lot of RPG Games, like Oblivion and NeverWinter
| Nights. First persons shooters are COD 2 & 4. So I await your input! Gunny

I suggest ONLY using RAID if it is done in hardware and not by the OS or via software.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
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"Seidell23231" <> wrote in message
news:47E5487A-D208-41E0-B5AB-...
> Hey ALL,
>
> I have an option I have never used before on my new PC. I have heard
> about
> the RAID 0 and 1 in the past, but never paid much attention since it did
> not
> apply. So now the opportunity is presenting itself and I would like some
> help. In essence, is it a worth while venture or not? My HD are 350GB @
> 7800, and as I understand it, if I use the RAID, I will loose one of the
> HD's
> in the overall scheme. So instead of 700GB, I will have 335GB. So please
> help help out and give your advice. I use the system for home. I use
> Office
> 2007 , but also play a lot of RPG Games, like Oblivion and NeverWinter
> Nights. First persons shooters are COD 2 & 4. So I await your input!
> Gunny


RAID 0 took my perf score from 5.3 to 5.9.
Take from that what you will ... the numbskulls here will say it makes no
difference.
More idiots

My Gateway computer (2 years old) came with Raid 0. My computer originally
came with XP Media Edition and a TV tuner. The Raid 0 is for performance.
Supposedly it helps if you do a lot of media work
(watching/recording/editing).
I have two 250 GB drives, and it shows up as one 500 GB drive.
The main drawback is, if one drive fails, you lose all data on both drives.
You better have a good backup. I use Windows Home Server and Acronis True
Image for backups.

Raid 1 works the way you described... one drive holds a mirror copy of the
other drive. So you "lose" one drive (capacity-wise), except if one fails,
you still have the data on the other drive.

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"Seidell23231" <> wrote in message
news:47E5487A-D208-41E0-B5AB-...
> Hey ALL,
>
> I have an option I have never used before on my new PC. I have heard
> about
> the RAID 0 and 1 in the past, but never paid much attention since it did
> not
> apply. So now the opportunity is presenting itself and I would like some
> help. In essence, is it a worth while venture or not? My HD are 350GB @
> 7800, and as I understand it, if I use the RAID, I will loose one of the
> HD's
> in the overall scheme. So instead of 700GB, I will have 335GB. So please
> help help out and give your advice. I use the system for home. I use
> Office
> 2007 , but also play a lot of RPG Games, like Oblivion and NeverWinter
> Nights. First persons shooters are COD 2 & 4. So I await your input!
> Gunny

From: "Dave" <>

< snip >

|
| Raid 1 works the way you described... one drive holds a mirror copy of the
| other drive. So you "lose" one drive (capacity-wise), except if one fails,
| you still have the data on the other drive.
|

The advantage is reads are faster.

The disadvantage is writes are slower.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

"Seidell23231" <> wrote in message
news:47E5487A-D208-41E0-B5AB-...
> Hey ALL,
>
> I have an option I have never used before on my new PC. I have heard
> about
> the RAID 0 and 1 in the past, but never paid much attention since it did
> not
> apply. So now the opportunity is presenting itself and I would like some
> help. In essence, is it a worth while venture or not? My HD are 350GB @
> 7800, and as I understand it, if I use the RAID, I will loose one of the
> HD's
> in the overall scheme. So instead of 700GB, I will have 335GB. So please
> help help out and give your advice. I use the system for home. I use
> Office
> 2007 , but also play a lot of RPG Games, like Oblivion and NeverWinter
> Nights. First persons shooters are COD 2 & 4. So I await your input!
> Gunny


I use RAID-0 with twin Western Digital Raptor 10,000rpm disks, for OS and
the Desktop User Shell folder. Well, I actually use Intel Matrix RAID,
which allows me to have another RAID-1 partition for data on the same pair
of disks too, which I keep all the other User Shell folders.

My main applications are CAD (ArchiCAD), 3D (3ds max) and Photoshop. While
I have improved performance with this setup, it is complex, and makes
certain things very difficult when things go wrong. I do not plan to
upgrade my computers until Windows 7 comes out and I will probably not
bother with RAID-0 next time. I certainly would not recommend it to people
who are not that advanced with hardware and Windows.

ss.

What!? RAID 0 is great for a home computer and you will not lose any HD
space. It will stripe your two hd's together so they will appear as one
large drive. Data access time can be increased by nearly x2 is certain
situations since the data is spread out onto two drives. The limiting
factor in most PC setups are the hard drive speed, so having two hard
drives working at the same time to retrieve data helps significantly.

philo;639830 Wrote:
> "Seidell23231" <Seidell23231@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:47E5487A-D208-41E0-B5AB-ECFB92312A30@xxxxxx> > >
> > > Hey ALL,
> > >
> > > I have an option I have never used before on my new PC. I have heard
> > > > about
> not
> HD's
> Office> > >
> > > 2007 , but also play a lot of RPG Games, like Oblivion and
> > NeverWinter
> > > Nights. First persons shooters are COD 2 & 4. So I await your
> > input! > > Gunny
>
> It's not usually justifiable to use RAID on a home computer


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blaster500