[dba-VB] Dev PC with Raid?

Raid 0 is "Striped" - Raid 1 is "Mirrored"

Raid 0 doesn't give you any redundacy, it just improves access times.
Raid 5 requires a minimum of 3 disks
Raid 10 requires a minimum of 4 disks

I agree with Drew - go with Mirrored (ie Raid 1)


You can see the pros/cons of each Raid version and some nice action graphics at
http://www.acnc.com/04_01_00.html

On 24 Aug 2008 at 19:43, Drew Wutka wrote:

> I would recommend going with a raid 0.  It's a mirror, and you will lose
> half of your space capacity (essentially you'll only have 1 500 gig
> drive, instead of 2), but it'll run just fine, speed wise, in fact,
> reading will go twice as fast, and you have the reliability of losing
> either drive and the other will pick up live!
> 
> Drew
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Michael
> Maddison
> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 6:40 PM
> To: Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.
> Subject: [dba-VB] Dev PC with Raid?
> 
> Hi Guys,
> 
> Just got my new bits to build a new dev workstation. :-)))
> 
> I ordered 2 x 500 gb sata hdd's, the motherboard comes with raid 0,1,5 +
> 10.  I've never used raid on
> a workstation before.  I have a 1TB usb drive I use for backups already.
> I have all my dev stuff including a lot of data fitting into about 200
> GB now.
> 
> Any opinions?
> 
> cheers
> 
> Michael M
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