RAID Question

[Wein13]

I want to set up a RAID 0 with my 2 WD 500 GB drives. I have an Asus P5Q Pro motherboard, which has Drive Xpert. Am I better off to use Drive Xpert to set up my RAID, or the RAID utility that loads after the POST?

[enaberif]

1) RAID Utility after post
2) Stay away from RAID 0

[Wein13]

Why should I stay away from RAID 0?

[enaberif]

No fail safe with RAID 0. One of your drives die your out all your data.

This is why people prefer RAID 1 or RAID 1+0

[Sniper]

ORRR use 2 smaller fast drives in raid0 for your OS drive & use your 500 as your backup drive with all your stuff on it.

[JD]

If you RAID0 your 2 500GB drives, I'd get a third drive of whatever size to keep any important files on just in case.

I've been running RAID0 on dual 250GB drives on the ICH9R and it's only failed once for whatever reason. Overall though it's been fine.

[miggs78]

Yeah have an extra drive in there just in case. If you're doing RAID 0 with 2 drives, I'd keep a secondary just in case or you could install your OS on the secondary, so in case windows decides to act up or be a PITA, your stuff is still there...

[Wein13]

I actually have 4 hard drives, 3 500's -2 WD, 1 Seagate- and a 250. I can't decide how I want to set them up though. I will be recording a lot of TV once I get my tuner, so I'd like to put that on it's own hard drive, so it doesn't slow down other operations I may be doing. I was thinking RAID 0 the WD's, put the video on the Seagate, and then either put the OS on the 250, or run Windows and everything else on the RAID 0, and use the 250 to back-up files.