Raid 0, 0+1 or Raid 5 Raptor Query
Am currently gathering a few bits'n'pieces to upgrade my system for when my stacker 830 arrives and I rebuild into that.
I currently use one 74Gb raptor as a boot drive and recently bought a pair of 74Gb Raptor drives now I cannot decide whether to use all 3 drives and Raid 5 or alternatively I have the opportunity to buy one more Raptor of a mate so would also have the option to have a 4 drive Raid 0 arrary or 0+1.
I could just sell my exra drive and use the pair in Raid 0, I'm not sure if its worth having that kind of setup (4 drive array) just for my home pc I have plenty of storage drives so the array ould just be for XP Pro only.
Anyone got any experience of raid and is it worth the extra expense to have 4 drives and also which Raid level to opt for various articles lead me to believe that the performance increase wih 4 drives is not worth it others rate it as making a significant difference, all opinions welcomed case and new cpu probably won't arrive to mid week so would be looking to build next weekend.
Cheers.