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Gargamel · 01-10-11, 10:01 AM

I may be using the wrong terminology.

Originally had a RAID 0, two drives, with seperate data on them, function as one drive, for performance.

Few years later, afraid of losing my data to a failure, I buy a bigger drive to be a backup drive, but the software lets my plug it into the array, and convert it to Raid 5, negating the need for me to use it as a backup (for insurance against drive failures).

While I would like a HS drive (a 128gb or bigger SSD would be my preference) for my OS and have a large data drive with it, that's just not an option right now.

And adding a new OS drive would be such a pain, as I would have to port the OS to the new drive, but keep all the data on the old one, and not lose my installs. Just not worth it.

01-10-11, 10:01 AM	#16
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,272 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	I may be using the wrong terminology. Originally had a RAID 0, two drives, with seperate data on them, function as one drive, for performance. Few years later, afraid of losing my data to a failure, I buy a bigger drive to be a backup drive, but the software lets my plug it into the array, and convert it to Raid 5, negating the need for me to use it as a backup (for insurance against drive failures). While I would like a HS drive (a 128gb or bigger SSD would be my preference) for my OS and have a large data drive with it, that's just not an option right now. And adding a new OS drive would be such a pain, as I would have to port the OS to the new drive, but keep all the data on the old one, and not lose my installs. Just not worth it. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.