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raid modes?

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i am confused about the raid modes it is all mixed up in my mind.
i have a 500gb wd-aaks and i want to pair it with a same one for a cool 1tb:)
is for storage use so i dont care for speed. what mode should i use? i also want if that is posible to be harware no drivers at all.

some one care to explain the modes:respect:
 
raid 0 = your 2 disks operate faster but you still have 500Gb If one fails you loose the lot.
raid 1 = your 2 disks are safer but you still have 500Gb.
you need more than 2 disks for the other RAID configurations.
If you are looking for 1Tb, I think you need JBOD (just a bunch of disks) but I've never tried it and I have read negative reviews. JBOD combines disks of any size.
 
bundyrum&coke said:
raid 0 = your 2 disks operate faster but you still have 500Gb If one fails you loose the lot.
raid 1 = your 2 disks are safer but you still have 500Gb.
you need more than 2 disks for the other RAID configurations.
If you are looking for 1Tb, I think you need JBOD (just a bunch of disks) but I've never tried it and I have read negative reviews. JBOD combines disks of any size.
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Thats not entirely correct... Raid 0 (or striping) will effectively make one disk out of two... faster speeds and 1TB storage
I have four 320gb disks in raid0... giving me 1.2TB storage as my C:
 
Gallatin said:
i am confused about the raid modes it is all mixed up in my mind.
i have a 500gb wd-aaks and i want to pair it with a same one for a cool 1tb:)
is for storage use so i dont care for speed. what mode should i use? i also want if that is posible to be harware no drivers at all.

some one care to explain the modes:respect:
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Storage and don't care for performance? Don't use RAID then. You'll just lose more data when things go wrong and you have no gains. If you really want a single disk you can always mount the second disk as folder on the first.
 
i think is pointless to want speed for storage. (tv-shows/movies/mp3's). that's all.
 
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