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    Western Digital Scorpio Black 500GB - WD5000BEKT

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Creator527, Jun 24, 2010.

  1. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Depends on what kind of RAID you are talking about.

    RAID 0 - sequential read/write will be much better. For general use - the difference will be unnoticeable. Realize RAID 0 stripes data across the disks so if one disk fails, you lose all your data.

    RAID 1 - faster reads but slower writes, not noticeable vs. a single drive.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Feb 28, 2011
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  2. Puferiu

    Puferiu Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have an Acer Aspire 8735G that support 2 hdd. That's why I want to put another one. All I want to know is this: is it safe ? And if yes, then which RAID should I choose ?
     
    Puferiu, Feb 28, 2011
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  3. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    RAID 0 is not safe, again as Charles has stated because data is striped between both drives all your data is gone if one drive fails. You need to ask yourself do you need RAID?

    RAID 0 is slight performance gain, not really really worth the risk IMO.

    RAID 1 is mirror, but NOT a backup. If you get virus on drive 1, it gets mirrored onto drive 2. Same with corrupt OS.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Feb 28, 2011
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  4. Puferiu

    Puferiu Notebook Enthusiast

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    I want more space, not performance. 2 hdd in RAID 0 could fail, as one, no ?
     
    Puferiu, Feb 28, 2011
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  5. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    If you want space just get 2 x 750 GB/500GB drives and just run them as is. 2 HDD in RAID 0 will make it show up as 1 drive, but if 1 fails you lose everything.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Feb 28, 2011
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  6. Puferiu

    Puferiu Notebook Enthusiast

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    There is something I don't know: could I put 2 hdd just like that, no need of RAID 0 or RAID 1 ?
     
    Puferiu, Feb 28, 2011
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  7. Judicator

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    Yes. Only in certain very special circumstances would that not be possible. In fact, the ability to put them in RAID is not always possible; putting them in as just 2 separate drives is more "normal".
     
    Judicator, Feb 28, 2011
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  8. Puferiu

    Puferiu Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well that is the answer. I won't complicate with RAID, I will just put the two WD5000BEKT in my laptop and that's it. Thank you very much for your answers ! I'll tell you the results.
     
    Puferiu, Feb 28, 2011
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