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- Mar 27, 2005
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- Fresno, CA
I would like to have 1TB of storage with higher read/write performance than a single drive. I would also like to have the data on part of that 1TB be redundant for back up purposes. So here's my idea. . . .
I was thinking of buying four 640GB drives and then setting up four RAID arrays with the 4 x 640GB WD Blacks mentioned above.
In other words, could I do this:
• 20GB RAID 0 (4 x 5GB sliced from each drive) for the system
• 80GB RAID 0 (4 x 20GB sliced from each drive) for programs
• 860GB RAID 0 (4 x 215GB sliced from each drive) workspace for video editing
• 800GB RAID 0+1 (4 x 400GB from each drive) for data
Can anyone confirm if this plan will work? Does the Matrix RAID have a limit on how many arrays can be setup across the same drives?
I was thinking of buying four 640GB drives and then setting up four RAID arrays with the 4 x 640GB WD Blacks mentioned above.
In other words, could I do this:
• 20GB RAID 0 (4 x 5GB sliced from each drive) for the system
• 80GB RAID 0 (4 x 20GB sliced from each drive) for programs
• 860GB RAID 0 (4 x 215GB sliced from each drive) workspace for video editing
• 800GB RAID 0+1 (4 x 400GB from each drive) for data
Can anyone confirm if this plan will work? Does the Matrix RAID have a limit on how many arrays can be setup across the same drives?