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Raid 0 with 4 to 6 drives with a partitioned 3TB HDD in backup, Possible?
Hey everyone. I wanna try raid 0, as i've never tried it. I have lots of HDDs laying around so I thought I could jump in. In my computer I currently have a single 320gb for Windows and a 3TB HDD for storage and other crap.
My idea:
I have 4 160GB Hard drives 3.5 inch, but one of them is a 2.5 inch which spins at slower speeds. Then I if I do raid that means I could also use the 320gb and I have another 640gb laying around. That makes 6 drives.
Things I THINK I know:
You need a controller for RAID 0. My motherboard has one. No need for an external card?
All drives don't have to be identical but if a bigger one is used, it's space will be drowned to the same size as the smallest drive.
More drives = x more chances of failure
1 Drive fails = Whole array fails
My questions are:
Can I use drives of different speeds AND sizes? 2.5inch + 320g/160g/640g + 5400/7200 spinning (Harsh example)
And second, even if I have 4-6 160gb drives, my whole 3tb hdd is much too big. Can I partition it to 640gb - 960gb and use that to backup my whole array? (Not a whole backup but like a different raid? Raid 0+1 I think it's called) Where the controller would split files onto my RAID0 and the whole file to the partitioned HDD.
Any ideas?
Hey everyone. I wanna try raid 0, as i've never tried it. I have lots of HDDs laying around so I thought I could jump in. In my computer I currently have a single 320gb for Windows and a 3TB HDD for storage and other crap.
My idea:
I have 4 160GB Hard drives 3.5 inch, but one of them is a 2.5 inch which spins at slower speeds. Then I if I do raid that means I could also use the 320gb and I have another 640gb laying around. That makes 6 drives.
Things I THINK I know:
You need a controller for RAID 0. My motherboard has one. No need for an external card?
All drives don't have to be identical but if a bigger one is used, it's space will be drowned to the same size as the smallest drive.
More drives = x more chances of failure
1 Drive fails = Whole array fails
My questions are:
Can I use drives of different speeds AND sizes? 2.5inch + 320g/160g/640g + 5400/7200 spinning (Harsh example)
And second, even if I have 4-6 160gb drives, my whole 3tb hdd is much too big. Can I partition it to 640gb - 960gb and use that to backup my whole array? (Not a whole backup but like a different raid? Raid 0+1 I think it's called) Where the controller would split files onto my RAID0 and the whole file to the partitioned HDD.
Any ideas?