Hi,
First a bit of background, but if you aren't interested, then my questions are further below . I use an intel 320 SSD for system. I use an 1TB Caviar Black for "everything else". All my important data is constantly backed up to another computer in my network via an utility similar to Apple's time machine.
I would like to accomplish several things:
- more space for "everything else"
- more speed (mostly sequential reads/writes) for "everything else"
- better redundancy for "everything else"
So I was thinking about building a raid10 array with my P67A-UD5-B3. What I am wondering about is this:
- What are size limitations when it comes to the onboard controller's raid10? Is the maximum size of each individual drive in any way limited? Is the maximum size of "available space" in any way limited? Can you, for example, throw in four 3TB drives and have 6TB available? On Google I noticed people talking about a 2TB limit, but I'm not sure what it applies to - size of an individual drive or total available space or simply a partition in that available space ... I'm very confused here.
- I was thinking of getting 4x 1TB WD RE4 drives for the array, although I'm not sure if it will be enough to last me several year space-wise :S But if we forget about the size for a moment, are these RE4 drives a good/ok/bad idea?
Thanks for any advice, maybe sharing your own experience with RAID etc.
First a bit of background, but if you aren't interested, then my questions are further below . I use an intel 320 SSD for system. I use an 1TB Caviar Black for "everything else". All my important data is constantly backed up to another computer in my network via an utility similar to Apple's time machine.
I would like to accomplish several things:
- more space for "everything else"
- more speed (mostly sequential reads/writes) for "everything else"
- better redundancy for "everything else"
So I was thinking about building a raid10 array with my P67A-UD5-B3. What I am wondering about is this:
- What are size limitations when it comes to the onboard controller's raid10? Is the maximum size of each individual drive in any way limited? Is the maximum size of "available space" in any way limited? Can you, for example, throw in four 3TB drives and have 6TB available? On Google I noticed people talking about a 2TB limit, but I'm not sure what it applies to - size of an individual drive or total available space or simply a partition in that available space ... I'm very confused here.
- I was thinking of getting 4x 1TB WD RE4 drives for the array, although I'm not sure if it will be enough to last me several year space-wise :S But if we forget about the size for a moment, are these RE4 drives a good/ok/bad idea?
Thanks for any advice, maybe sharing your own experience with RAID etc.
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