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    Question What the hell is raid????

    to quote my title, "What the hell is raid????" i am getting a 320gb Hitachi hard drive but i do not know if i need raid or even what it is!!!
    Please can someone tell me???

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    Re: What the hell is raid????

    you don't need raid,

    however you do need to use google or look at alesniors sig links for a raid basic introduction.
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    Re: What the hell is raid????

    http://anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3087

    haven't read it yet myself (I don't bother with RAID) but I'm sure that it's a decent primer.

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    Re: What the hell is raid????

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    Re: What the hell is raid????

    Quote Originally Posted by Clunk View Post
    lol

    if you dont know what raid is then you dont need it

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    Re: What the hell is raid????

    Quote Originally Posted by moogle View Post
    if you dont know what raid is then you dont need it
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    Re: What the hell is raid????

    Raid is a way of joining two or more hard drives together to give better data security and/or speed.

    It's main purpose is for businesses etc so that if one hard drive fails, it doesn't lose all the data or put the server/database/etc out of action for long enough to lose business.

    Home users only use it for bragging rights.

    Don't worry about it, as you don't need it.
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    Re: What the hell is raid????

    Quote Originally Posted by DataMatrix View Post
    If you are going to link to that, you may as well link to the main page that explains all the RAID levels.

    http://www.acnc.com/04_00.html

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    Re: What the hell is raid????

    why are u all linking sites? Every question u ask in these sections you can find on google, so theres no point of this section?? jsut tell him the answer and stop being cocky
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    Re: What the hell is raid????

    Quote Originally Posted by Merlin4458 View Post
    why are u all linking sites? Every question u ask in these sections you can find on google, so theres no point of this section?? jsut tell him the answer and stop being cocky
    Because it is a complex subject to explain fully, and the explanations have been given many, many, many times before on this forum. (and the way the question was phrased may not inspire people to answer in depth)
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    Re: What the hell is raid????

    Indeed, you can (and many have) write a book on the subject.
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    Re: What the hell is raid????

    Quote Originally Posted by Fabula View Post
    Raid is a way of joining two or more hard drives together to give better data security and/or speed.

    It's main purpose is for businesses etc so that if one hard drive fails, it doesn't lose all the data or put the server/database/etc out of action for long enough to lose business.

    Home users only use it for bragging rights.

    Don't worry about it, as you don't need it.
    Home users do not just use it for bragging rights. RAID 0 was brilliant when I had it, games were smoother and loaded faster.

    Now RAID 5 is a real dream, fast speeds like RAID 0 but with parity. I store all my documents/families documents on a separate parition so I only have to reformat my windows disk. If we lost our documents it would be very frustrating.

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    Re: What the hell is raid????

    Quote Originally Posted by DataMatrix View Post
    I store all my documents/families documents on a separate parition so I only have to reformat my windows disk. If we lost our documents it would be very frustrating.
    Having a RAID array is not a substitute for having a proper backup strategy for important/critical data!
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    Quote Originally Posted by DataMatrix View Post
    Home users do not just use it for bragging rights. RAID 0 was brilliant when I had it, games were smoother and loaded faster.

    Now RAID 5 is a real dream, fast speeds like RAID 0 but with parity. I store all my documents/families documents on a separate parition so I only have to reformat my windows disk. If we lost our documents it would be very frustrating.
    I was being slightly facetious. Normal home users don't need raid. The additional cost (minimum double the cost) either makes games load in 8s instead of 12s, or gives an additional level of security for the unlikely situation that a hard drive fails. With home users, the hard drives are not being thrashed 24/7, and the main threat is user error (deleting your data by mistake, viruses etc).
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