Which type of RAID to you prefer?

[Geoff]

What type of RAID do you prefer? I was thinking of getting a RAID 0/1 setup and just wanted to hear your experiences on RAID.

 

[Praetor]

5 and 50 for me or if the situation warrants it, raid6. (btw i edited your poll so the last entry is actually correct and/or useful)

 

[Geoff]

(btw i edited your poll so the last entry is actually correct and/or useful)

oh ok, i wasnt quite sure on how it was worded, thanks.

I've begun to think about getting a RAID 0/1 array.

 

[Ku-sama]

0

 

[Praetor]

I've begun to think about getting a RAID 0/1 array.

If you're not concerned about data reliability, RAID0 is good: you get performance boost there (although I'd argue harddrives are so slow anyways that you wont notice much of a difference unless you regularly copying large blocks of data at a time .. aka sequential read/write ... random read/writes not gonna be majorly improved). If you're anal about not losing data, RAID1 is a perfect start.

Now until you get into anally redundant configurations, RAID5 should fill in the rest of the requirements

 

[Geoff]

If you're not concerned about data reliability, RAID0 is good: you get performance boost there (although I'd argue harddrives are so slow anyways that you wont notice much of a difference unless you regularly copying large blocks of data at a time .. aka sequential read/write ... random read/writes not gonna be majorly improved). If you're anal about not losing data, RAID1 is a perfect start.

Now until you get into anally redundant configurations, RAID5 should fill in the rest of the requirements

well after the fact that i almost lost all of my data, i would prefer going with the 0/1 so i can have the reliability of RAID1, with the performance of RAID 0. Only thing keeping me from doing this is that i dont feel like buying 4 hard drives and onyl being able to use 2 for storage.

 

[Praetor]

Only thing keeping me from doing this is that i dont feel like buying 4 hard drives and onyl being able to use 2 for storage.

In that case, have a look at RAID5: instead of 2*N, you're using N+1 solution

 

[Geoff]

In that case, have a look at RAID5: instead of 2*N, you're using N+1 solution

thanks, i'll look into that.