Have a small question that I hope someone can answer.
My current set-up is as follows
I have an ASUS A8V Delux mobo with the following drives attached:
38GB Raptor (Windows - 12GB used)
80GB HDST 7K250 SATA (Data - 50GB used)
2 x 160GB HDST 7K250 SATA in RAID 0 (Applications - 53GB used)
Backup: 1 x 250GB Maxtor One-Touch drive, which I hardly ever remember to use!
I am thinking about selling all of these and changing to:
XFX REVO 64 SPU 3 Port Sata Raid Card (GAMER) PCI Raid Controller
with either
3 x 250GB Samsung Spinpoint P120S SATA II in RAID 3
(This drive is faster than a 74GB Raptor in this set-up.)
or
3 x 160GB HDST 7K250 SATA in RAID 3
(Probably slower than my current set-up, but this would mean I only need to buy 1 more drive and on my existing RAID 0 set-up I have 292GB free which is plenty!)
My reasons for thinking about doing this are:
1. I never remember to back-up my data and I know that I am tempting fate by doing this, even though I have yet to experience a failure (tempting x2 now that I have said that!). RAID 3 should allow me to stop making external back-ups and rely on RAID for protection.
2. An external RAID controller should mean that I can upgrade my motherboard whenever I want as my RAID set-up is tied to the controller card and NOT the motherboard.
3. One less drive to generate heat.
What do you think?