seting up RAID?

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ride3k

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So i just received a Aurora m9700 for a graduation present. I love it, it is an awesome computer but i have my one complaint, the tiny 80gb hard drive =( I have 60gb of just music and video's, let alone the countless games and other programs. My one question is, could i buy another 80gb 5400 drive and put it in and set it up as raid? or would it be wise to just make it another storage drive? and how would i set RAID up?
 
I hope you dont mean a 5400RPM drive...

If you do, I would scrap it all together and buy two new 7200 drives and set them up in RAID0, or just get one 10K/7200 drive.

But to answer your question, you can do that, as long as the motherboard supports RAID.
 
ride3k said:
So i just received a Aurora m9700 for a graduation present. I love it, it is an awesome computer but i have my one complaint, the tiny 80gb hard drive =( I have 60gb of just music and video's, let alone the countless games and other programs. My one question is, could i buy another 80gb 5400 drive and put it in and set it up as raid? or would it be wise to just make it another storage drive? and how would i set RAID up?
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you have to backup you data as well as you cant spread existing data on a hardware raid.
Plus i would just get 2 hdds and run them seperatly. Forget about the raid...it is far too overrated
 
Aye, although if you're paranoid about losing data you could implement RAID1, which means both drives mirror each other. However you need to erase everything.
 
Lucky you, I got a suite case for my graduation.
So the alienware notebook can hold 2 HDs.? ..and supports raid?
 
yeah it does, i think i'm just going to get a larger backup drive and move my music and games there, and run all my code and work off of the main 80gb-er

and yes its a 5400rpm drive, the 7200rpm upgrade was way to expensive, i'm not spending 250+ for a 80gb notebook hdd.

ok so now that i know i wont be doing raid, anyone have a suggestion for a large notebook drive?
 
There is absolutely no reason you would need to run RAID, plus RAID 1 slows performance because both HDs are synchronized meaning that the system waits while both drives read/write at the same time. It would also make your laptop heat way up more than it needs to be probably. RAID 0 is worthless unless you do a RAID 0 + 1, and RAID 5 you need at least 4 HDs to properly set up, because running RAID 5 with our a spare drive is also dumb in my mind.

RAID also does not increase performance in gaming, in fact for what you probably use your system for you would notice nil performance increase.

RAID has a place in computers and it is very useful but only when properly implemented. End users don't need a RAID.
 
plus RAID 1 slows performance because both HDs are synchronized meaning that the system waits while both drives read/write at the same time.
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thats pretty negligable and can save from a hdd death
and RAID 5 you need at least 4 HDs to properly set up, because running RAID 5 with our a spare drive is also dumb in my mind.
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you can run 5 fine with 3 drives? altough parity generation can impact overall performance. I had raid 5 set up on my desktop for a while while using large datasets, i used only 3 300gb drives
 
if i were to go RAID 0 i wouldn't do it for performance, i would do it so i had access to both hdd's off of one volume. but i won't be going RAID anyway's now b/c i dont want to have to buy two new drives, i'm just going to get one large drive for storage
 
ride3k said:
if i were to go RAID 0 i wouldn't do it for performance, i would do it so i had access to both hdd's off of one volume. but i won't be going RAID anyway's now b/c i dont want to have to buy two new drives, i'm just going to get one large drive for storage
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best option by far

with raid 0 if either drive dies you lose all data!! and with min 2 drives in the array the half life of your array is dramatically cut
 
PohTayToez said:
Ha! That shows how much Alienware overprices. The difference between a 7200RPM 80GB and a 5400RPM 80GB should be like $30 max.
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alienware upgrade is only like 160, but i didn't get to choose the laptop, it was a gift. i was a bit off with the 250+ statement, lol, but the price difference for the same size 7200 drive isn't worth it for me, i need the space more than the speed.

this is buying a sata150 2.5" drive btw, not upgrading on the alienware website
 
I didnt even look to see if this was in the notebook section, I was assuming it was a desktop, so ignore my previous post.

I had RAID0 on my build before, but I had to get rid of it so I can install XP. To be honest I didnt notice much of a difference, except transferring files was a bit quicker.
 
bluedishwasher said:
Why not get an external drive? just a suggestion
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i thought of getting an external drive, but decided against it. I don't want to have to take my external drive with me, i already have enough to carry around with the laptop, lol.

I do have an external drive that i use for backup though on my work and my music
 
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