Thoughts on Raid 1 config?

[Silent_Avenger]

So sometime during the summer hopefully depending on prices of SSDs and HDDs I will be upgrading the storage on my main PC. Currently I have a 300GB caviar black as my main OS drive, a 250GB caviar black for PVR duties, and a 1.5TB Green drive for storage of my important files etc.

What I'm planing on doing is grabbing a 250GB+ SSD and using my 1.5TB drive for my PVR drive and getting 2x 3TB+ drives running in raid 1 for redundancy of each other. Does anyone even use raid 1 anymore? Are there any issues that might arise with using it? I'm open to suggestions.

I will eventually get a server or NAS setup going as well but that will be later on in the future when I find a more permanent place to live. Also on a side note the WD green drive should be able to keep up with WMC recording a show to it shouldn't it?

[jtktam]

which Green drive is it? WD or Seagate?

i had nothing but troubles with WD green drives..

I have been running RAID 1 since it was available as an option on ICH chipsets.. now I run z68 motherboard and using the built in SSD caching feature (Smart response tech) and it works wonderfully.. you should consider that

-joe

[Silent_Avenger]

Originally Posted by jtktam

which Green drive is it? WD or Seagate?

i had nothing but troubles with WD green drives..

I have been running RAID 1 since it was available as an option on ICH chipsets.. now I run z68 motherboard and using the built in SSD caching feature (Smart response tech) and it works wonderfully.. you should consider that

-joe

Well I did say it's a WD green drive at the end of my post and it hasn't had any problems for 2 years I've had it(yes I still back up the info on it). Also if you took a look at my system specs drop down you'd see that I'm running an AMD system and caching isn't possible unless I buy a synapse or similar drive.

[supaflyx3]

If you're going to use raid and 3TB drives, make sure they aren't green drives since they have a tendency to drop out of the array and break it.

[JD]

RAID1 works perfectly fine, all it's doing is mirroring one drive to the other. RAID1 is still the cheapest method of gaining redundancy without major performance loss.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think any drive should be capable of running RAID1 without issues. It's only the higher-level RAIDs that become problematic.

I run 2x Samsung F4 (Eco) 2TB drives in RAID1 without any issues.

[botat29]

If gone use WD Green for raid 1 , make sure they are the same model, they are a difference of cluster size and you can't raid them. (Don’t ask how I know )
ex; a WD20EARX can't raid 1 with a WD20EARS

[enaberif]

WD Greens do not work well for RAID unless you change their default spin down time of 5 seconds.

[jtktam]

don't bite my head off.. i read the first part and it just says green drive..

lucky you don't have any issues with it, but if you read MY other posts, you will know that i have over 32 2TB drives now and i have switched from WD to Seagate because of all the headaches i have.. difference being i am running them in raid 6 24/7/365

WD works for about 6-8 months before they just decide to stop working..

how is the 3tb drive's track record these days? it's fairly new, not sure if it's as reliable as 2tb at this point

-joe

[Masteroderus]

If you go WD go black.

My 1TB WD black has lasted a long time without any probelms, ever.

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by Masteroderus

If you go WD go black.

My 1TB WD black has lasted a long time without any probelms, ever.

Don't need speed for RAID as your usually doing it for storage.