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Old 02-13-2004, 07:18 PM   #1 (permalink)
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One HD versus two

I want around 200 Gigs of hard drive space.

Would it be better to have 2 100Gig HDs or 1 200Gig HD?
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Old 02-13-2004, 07:30 PM   #2 (permalink)
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you could get 2 100's and go raid 0 on them..
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Old 02-13-2004, 07:34 PM   #3 (permalink)
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what does raid 0 mean?
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Old 02-13-2004, 07:48 PM   #4 (permalink)
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RAID 0 means splitting all the data evenly amongst the HDDs.

Heres a link explaining them.
http://www.acnc.com/04_01_00.html
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Old 02-13-2004, 07:51 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Two 80 gig HDD would cost you about $140, a 200 gig HDD would cost around $150.
And if you have a 200 gig HDD you could probably upgrade later on, unless there is only one open connexion on your HDD IDE cable, in which you would have no other choice than to go with the 200 gig HDD.
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Old 02-13-2004, 07:52 PM   #6 (permalink)
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RAID 0 means splitting all the data evenly amongst the HDDs.

Heres a link explaining them.
http://www.acnc.com/04_01_00.html
Yes, it makes it faster. It also increases the chances of data loss--if one HDD fails, all of the information on both is kaput.
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Old 02-13-2004, 08:05 PM   #7 (permalink)
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right on. thanks
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Old 02-13-2004, 08:19 PM   #8 (permalink)
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sailor If RAID 0 increases the chances of data-loss why do I always hear of people using it. I was reading this site before and I don't understand why people wouldn't use RAID 1
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Old 02-13-2004, 10:17 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Most peope use RAID 0 on non-critical drives, such as an array that only has the operating system on it.

Most will also have a large secondary drive for information storage.

RAID 1 does not offer any performance increases and is typically only used in servers where constant data backup is critical.
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Old 02-13-2004, 10:59 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Put one hdd on each IDE channel and split the pagefile evenly. Performance goes up by a lot. I believe the term is pagefile striping.
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Old 02-14-2004, 07:41 AM   #11 (permalink)
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sailor If RAID 0 increases the chances of data-loss why do I always hear of people using it. I was reading this site before and I don't understand why people wouldn't use RAID 1
People use it because it is fast. They use it because of bragging rights. They use it because they can. They use it when their data is non-critical.

You will never, ever, find a server or any other sort of critical machine running RAID 0. RAID1, sure, but RAID 0 is not something to be used in a mission critical application.
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Old 02-14-2004, 08:08 AM   #12 (permalink)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redunda...ependent_disks
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Old 02-14-2004, 11:55 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Thanks for the link kel. Good info.
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Old 02-15-2004, 07:58 PM   #14 (permalink)
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RAID 1 does not offer any performance increases ...
This is incorrect. RAID 1 is faster than RAID 0 for read performance, since the data for a particular file can be pulled from multiple disks simultaneously.

RAID 0, on the other hand, is faster for write performance.

This assumes all other things are equal.
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Old 02-15-2004, 09:36 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Fuck that. Get two 120 gig drives for 50 bucks each. Just go to
http://www.slickdeals.net
They right now have a link to western digital 120 giggers for 50 bucks after rebate.

Yeah, and raid em.
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