Hey guys. I am going to be assembling a new computer soon and need to get some feedback about hard drive configurations. Reliabiity is a must for me since I do a lot of research on my computer.
Of course, much like for a lot of people here, the $$ factor is an obvious constraint.
As for reliability, it would be ok if I lose maybe 1 weeks worth of data, but not longer.
These are my proposed configurations. Which is do you feel is better taking performance (how fast will apps run) into account.
Proposal 1: "two" 7200rpm (Seagate) in Raid 1 (2x160 GB giving 160GB total space)
Proposal 2: "one" WD Raptor 36GB drive as the boot OS drive (and other loading intensive programs); and "one" 160 GB 7200rpm (Seagate) drive
In proposal 2, the 7200rpm drive will backup the WD Raptor drive every week. So in the event of failure, I can always restore.
Which setup will give faster performance? (since Raid 1 is faster than a no raid system)
Of course, much like for a lot of people here, the $$ factor is an obvious constraint.
As for reliability, it would be ok if I lose maybe 1 weeks worth of data, but not longer.
These are my proposed configurations. Which is do you feel is better taking performance (how fast will apps run) into account.
Proposal 1: "two" 7200rpm (Seagate) in Raid 1 (2x160 GB giving 160GB total space)
Proposal 2: "one" WD Raptor 36GB drive as the boot OS drive (and other loading intensive programs); and "one" 160 GB 7200rpm (Seagate) drive
In proposal 2, the 7200rpm drive will backup the WD Raptor drive every week. So in the event of failure, I can always restore.
Which setup will give faster performance? (since Raid 1 is faster than a no raid system)