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Trung · Jul 11, 2007, 11:46 AM

I was going to run 3 HDDs but not for awhile...it would set me back to much....so at the moment i'm going with only 2 HDDs with RAID 0.

RAID 5 is using 3 HDDs...correct me if i'm wrong not to familiar with RAID......but they are all mirroring so if 1 of 3 HDD failed then the system will allow time for the failed HDD to be replaced right...and the data will not be vulnerable until a second HDD fails and definitely both drives must be replaced before data lost....but can i ask how does it make the system quicker...are they striping on all 3 drives???? I think i'm way off base hahaha, correct me if i'm worng please.

Processor:	Intel Core 2 Duo E6600@2.4ghz stock
Motherboard:	Asus P5W DH Deluxe
Cooling:	Gigabyte 3D Rocket Cooler-Pro
Memory:	Corsair DDR2 800mhz 2x1024-6400 XMS2 Pro Platium@4-4-4-12 stock
Video Card:	Asus ATI Radeon HD 2900XT 512mb
Hard Disk:	2X250gb SataII Seagate Barracuda in Raid 0
Optical Drive:	Lite-on DVDRW SHM-165P6S & Pioneer DVR-107D
CRT/LCD Model:	Diamond View CRT 17inch flatscreen
Case:	Cooler Master Cavalier black
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	Antec 850 Truepower Quattro
Software:	Windows XP SP2

Jul 11, 2007, 11:46 AM	#13
Trung Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 75 (0.04/day) Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	I was going to run 3 HDDs but not for awhile...it would set me back to much....so at the moment i'm going with only 2 HDDs with RAID 0. RAID 5 is using 3 HDDs...correct me if i'm wrong not to familiar with RAID......but they are all mirroring so if 1 of 3 HDD failed then the system will allow time for the failed HDD to be replaced right...and the data will not be vulnerable until a second HDD fails and definitely both drives must be replaced before data lost....but can i ask how does it make the system quicker...are they striping on all 3 drives???? I think i'm way off base hahaha, correct me if i'm worng please.