Best Drives for Raid 0+1

[NyxCharon]

As the title says. I need 4 drives for a raid 0+1 setup in a server.
I want 320-500gb @ 7200 rpm. Sata II is fine.

I was considering WD greens, but not sure if there was a better choice. Not looking to spend a fortune either. Thanks for any suggestions. :good:

 

[wolfeking]

The western digital Red drivers are better for RAID arrays (its what they are designed for), but you are looking at a 1TB minimum for them. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236342

 

[NyxCharon]

Yeah, I was considering reds but I don't need nearly that much storage.

 

[wolfeking]

Any drive should work, just they are not designed for it. Try for a Seagate, WD, or Samsung drive.

something like one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148767
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148766
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236079
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152244

BUt also take into account, RAID 0+1 on a set of 500GB drives is still 1TB of storage space. Raid 1 on 1TB Reds would be about the same.

 

[cjmarsh81]

Do not use WD Green in a RAID array.

The WD green disks go to sleep periodically to save on power. This can be as little as every few seconds. This causes very slow raid performance. It can also break the raid array as the raid controller sees the disk 'disappear' and treats it as a dead disk.

Actually don't use any power saving green type disk in a raid array as you will get similar results.

Any of the normal type disks should be fine, ie WD Black. or as mentioned above the WD Red are made specifically for this. They are designed so the spindles don't shut down every 6 seconds or whatever the green disks are set to.