Storage Solutions A little confused about whether to try RAID

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I'm using a single platter Seagate 7200.10 HDD as my primary drive and I have recently started using Adobe CS4, mainly PhotoShop and InDesign.

My PCs storage system seems to have become slow, but it could be because of the 40 odd software and 25 something games installed. Everything else seems fast and I have no viruses or such.

I decided against the velociraptor because of the price. Here are my queries:

1) What should I do for a speed up? Reinstall?
2) Will RAID 0 help me?
3) What is the performance difference between RAID 0 and RAID 0+1?
4) I have a P35 board (ASUS). Is the RAID controller good enough for a decent performance boost? How much more performance will I get and in what apps will it be noticeable?
5) I have a Windows 7 copy reaching me shortly. Do you guys suggest switching to that permanently?

I have a weekend off and I'm planning a reinstall. Which is why I want to know about the RAID thing (whether to or not) and should I wait for my Win 7 copy.

Help from those having experimented with RAID would be a boon

Thanks
 
u need 2 or 3 hard disk same size 500 gb x 500 gb same 7200.10 speed

and set up raid at bios but raid 0 are risky might lose data

and raid 1 is enough i am sure but if u set up raid both 500 x2 = 1tb will reduce now 700-800 gb ;) for set up raid 1 or 0

p.s i am sure many member will help u ;)
 
Arun.P said:
u need 2 or 3 hard disk same size 500 gb x 500 gb same 7200.10 speed

and set up raid at bios but raid 0 are risky might lose data

and raid 1 is enough i am sure but if u set up raid both 500 x2 = 1tb will reduce now 700-800 gb ;) for set up raid 1 or 0

p.s i am sure many member will help u ;)
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Well thanks, but I know all the theoreticals about RAID. Want someones practical opinion.
 
Avoid Raid 0. Dataloss is not worth it.

Try out Raid 1.

You will need 2 identical drives, and the setup is very very easy with the BIOS options.

If you have 2 drives, you will get capacity of exactly 1.

Raid 0+1 is also good, better redundancy, but again out of 4 drives, u will get capacity of 2.

Raid 1 is a good choice if you ask me.

Also check out Raid 5 for good speeds and redundancy.
 
There was a huge thread on RAID.
It had a lot of TE gurus discussing their experiences, Eazy sir being one of them.

I am stuck on a super lappy with 256MB RAM and a super fast, like a tortoise, net connection.
If you or someone else can dig it up, will be quite helpful iirc.

Plus someone like you shouldn't be asking such questions.
Rather experimenting with all the stuff you have and enlightening us all. :)

"Never be afraid/confused to try anything that ain't immoral/illegal/anti-social/anti-national/..." - Confoosious. :P
 
Ah yes, I'm supposed to be the enlightened one isn't it?

Well work is hectic, and I'm having a tough time getting a weekend off to do a Windows 7 install on my PC. Have not got the time to try RAID. I even have a couple of 15000 rpm SAS drives lying in office, but what to do - I'm lazy ;) incurably so...
 
From what I read, it seems the benefits aren't really tangible unless we're talking load times of games, or working with huge PS files.

Dropping the option of RAID 0. Must save up for that velociraptor ;)
 
Vandal said:
From what I read, it seems the benefits aren't really tangible unless we're talking load times of games, or working with huge PS files.

Dropping the option of RAID 0. Must save up for that velociraptor ;)
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That's what I did and got 300GB VelociRaptor :ohyeah: ... Now I have two WD640AAKS on which I'll go for Raid-1 for storing my precious data until I setup my own NAS with at least 2-3 TB (usable space) with Raid-1 :clap:

Once NAS is in place ... I'll setup Intel Raid matrix on those two WD640AAKS ... around 100 GB in Raid-0 for secondary OS and rest of space in Raid-1 :D

But all of it gonna take money and time ;)
 
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