DD 1TB or 2x500Gb [Help]

[Bm4n]

If you are thinking of having an SSD for the system and that is for storage, why would you want to do a RAID0, which if you don't know what it is, look it up on WIKIPEDIA. A 1TB drive will be cheaper, you will say that 2 of 500GB is better. And for the technical service of the aforementioned, you have their emails and contact numbers, no one here works in that store... they could even recommend one that gives you free assembly (don't even think about clicking the banner above).

[Obione]

If you're not going to throw renders or something like that, it's better to get 1TB for price/mega. If you're looking for security and comfort when making a backup, you can set up a RAID 1 so that if a disk fails, you don't lose the data.

[Vicsangre]

Thanks for responding so quickly.

I was just asking what I had heard, I don't take notice of something that just a person tells me who has decent but not advanced computer knowledge, that's why I turned to the forum.

If you don't mind sending me the page of the free build to compare component prices it would be a great help.

Best regards.

[Sylver]

@Bm4n:

(don't you dare click the banner above).

Answer found.

Google also told me this: RAID - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It is advisable to search a little before asking, so the answers will be more concrete.

Regards

[lforos]

Raid 0 will give you better performance but increases the risk of failure. Although the chance of a disk failing is small, having two disks in raid 0 doubles the risk.

Whether or not it's worth it will depend on what you plan to put on them. Also, having two disks you can not only do a raid 0, but you could partition it and create one with raid 0 for applications and another with raid 1 for documents. Raid 1 reduces your allocated space by half but, just as raid 0 doubles your risk of failure, raid 1 reduces it exponentially.

If you only want to store bulk items (downloads or things like that) it may be worth buying just one 1Tb. It will be cheaper.

[Bm4n]

Uhm well look I had no idea that you could make a mixed RAID on the same volume…

[lforos]

It depends on the controller, but in general you can assign the disks to Raid partially. The Intel controller that I have on my motherboard, for example, allows you to generate two raid volumes in the same set (in my case a pair of disks).

[Obione]

@Bm4n:

Uhm well look I had no idea that you could make a mixed RAID on the same volume…

Don't you dare tell me you just found out about the Matrix?

[Bm4n]

The Matrix is a classic of cinema xD, the truth is that I had never tried it, but I do know that on a Mac, for example, you can manage virtual volumes in RAID of different types.

[Obione]

Well, that's cool dude, it's great to halve the access on OS and you also get backup with just 2 disks You can also set up a 0+5 although there you already take a big risk with the 0 xD

I considered it for OS, a bit tired of having to back up to the external (although it has the pro of not being connected in case of a voltage surge) but, for those who need data performance, it's also cool. You can put a third of the capacity on the 0 and two thirds on the 1 to have backup without having to buy 3 disks.