[CGUYS] Primer on RAID
Hi all, I will be taking delivery of a new Intel i7-920 Win 7 PC shorty and it will come with 12 G of DDRR3 RAM and a 1TB HD to which I intend to add a 2nd 1TB drive that I just bought for a PC that is no longer going to be used. I have never used any RAID or similar configuration and am wondering what are the pros and cons. This is a home machine and in the past when I had multiple disks I always backed up my critical data and media etc from my main drive manually to one of the other physical disks, on the premise that, unless there was a fire and the whole computer melted, the odds of 2 physical drives failing at the same time are infinitesimally small. But with 2 really large drives, and a lot of RAM and a very fast machine coming, I am wondering if I should be using a RAID configuration, and if so, what advantages or disadvantages does that bring. Advice is welcome. Michael * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Primer on RAID
On Nov 7, 2009, at 2:33 PM, Michael Wosnick wrote: I will be taking delivery of a new Intel i7-920 Win 7 PC shorty and it will come with 12 G of DDRR3 RAM and a 1TB HD to which I intend to add a 2nd 1TB drive that I just bought for a PC that is no longer going to be used. I have never used any RAID or similar configuration and am wondering what are the pros and cons. Need to know your motivation. Are you running an NLE on this gear or just hacking hardware for entertainment or what? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Primer on RAID
RAID is important on high-access servers like retail websites or application servers. I cannot conceive of a reason you would want RAID otherwise. But then, my conceiver has been in the shop for a while... Ellen H. - Original Message - From: Michael Wosnick mwosn...@rogers.com To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 2:33 PM Subject: [CGUYS] Primer on RAID Hi all, I will be taking delivery of a new Intel i7-920 Win 7 PC shorty and it will come with 12 G of DDRR3 RAM and a 1TB HD to which I intend to add a 2nd 1TB drive that I just bought for a PC that is no longer going to be used. I have never used any RAID or similar configuration and am wondering what are the pros and cons. This is a home machine and in the past when I had multiple disks I always backed up my critical data and media etc from my main drive manually to one of the other physical disks, on the premise that, unless there was a fire and the whole computer melted, the odds of 2 physical drives failing at the same time are infinitesimally small. But with 2 really large drives, and a lot of RAM and a very fast machine coming, I am wondering if I should be using a RAID configuration, and if so, what advantages or disadvantages does that bring. Advice is welcome. Michael * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Primer on RAID
Fair point. It is a bit of an all-purpose, really. Multiple home users, main hub of a home network, and for me, a lot of Office apps, multimedia and movies, and multitasking. From: tjpa t...@tjpa.com On Nov 7, 2009, at 2:33 PM, Michael Wosnick wrote: I will be taking delivery of a new Intel i7-920 Win 7 PC shorty and it will come with 12 G of DDRR3 RAM and a 1TB HD to which I intend to add a 2nd 1TB drive that I just bought for a PC that is no longer going to be used. I have never used any RAID or similar configuration and am wondering what are the pros and cons. Need to know your motivation. Are you running an NLE on this gear or just hacking hardware for entertainment or what? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Primer on RAID
Then no, under no circumstances should you consider a RAID. On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Michael Wosnick mwosn...@rogers.com wrote: Fair point. It is a bit of an all-purpose, really. Multiple home users, main hub of a home network, and for me, a lot of Office apps, multimedia and movies, and multitasking. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
