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You can run a single hard drive on a raid board but if you want to run raid you need two or more hard drives that are identical.
You can run a single hard drive on a raid board but if you want to run raid you need two or more hard drives that are identical.
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The main idea behind RAID is to use multiple drives to give you either a faster disk access, or better data security, or a mix of both.
Take 2 drives and keep the exact same data on both, and have the system read off only one of them. Now, you have a perfect backup drive in case the first one breaks on you. That's a type of RAID.
Or, take the same 2 drives- only now half your data is automatically put on disk one, the other half on disk two. Reads are the same way- simultaenously reading off both drives- 1st half of file on drive 1, second half on drove 2. Another type of RAID!!
There are like a billion more RAID types but that's the basic idea. IMHO unless you have a real thing about backing up yer drives, it's a waste of $$. Even when setup for speed, RAID is not much faster than normal drives. RAID card plus a second drive can easily be $200- not worth it to me. But if you have an extra driove laying around, why not?
The main idea behind RAID is to use multiple drives to give you either a faster disk access, or better data security, or a mix of both.
Take 2 drives and keep the exact same data on both, and have the system read off only one of them. Now, you have a perfect backup drive in case the first one breaks on you. That's a type of RAID.
Or, take the same 2 drives- only now half your data is automatically put on disk one, the other half on disk two. Reads are the same way- simultaenously reading off both drives- 1st half of file on drive 1, second half on drove 2. Another type of RAID!!
There are like a billion more RAID types but that's the basic idea. IMHO unless you have a real thing about backing up yer drives, it's a waste of $$. Even when setup for speed, RAID is not much faster than normal drives. RAID card plus a second drive can easily be $200- not worth it to me. But if you have an extra driove laying around, why not?
