Quote: Originally posted by b1gapl
Yea thats the downside to RAID 0. If one dies, the other goes down with it. But I've seen alot of people here at TF, with RAID 0 setups. I would do it, if I had the extra drive. I'm assuming you're getting either a Western Digital or Seagate, which are both very reliable companies. Also don't forget to backup your data, just in case something does go wrong...you never know. | You are not folowing your own logic. If you only have one 320gig drive and 2 16ogb drives in RAID 0 then failure is the same in both situations. You need to buy two drives one for backup (or 3 in the case of the RAID 0 issue) viz; two 160's in RAID 0 with a 320gb backup drive. That is what I do. The backup drive should be at least the size of all projected data storage or = to the maximum storage capacity of the RAID 0 array. Lei Capice?
Edit: BTW RAID 0 performance is worth the cost of an addtional backup drive outside of the RAID array!!!
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