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colintheys · 04-15-2004, 01:33 AM

hey everyone,

I'm an animator and DV editor and I just had my drive die on my, losing far too much data. So, I want to set up a raid now to protect what's left and any future data. However, I'm also a student, so i'm short on the $$$. I have two Maxtor 120gb ata drives (or will once I get the dead one replaced under warranty.) However, 120 is not enough. I need at least 170 (what I have now between three drives.) So I figured that I should get a third drive and go the raid 5 route, giving myself 240gb and a perormance advantage. However, I don't know anything about raid and my research turns up conflicting results. Basically, I need lots of safe, fast storage, I was going to get the highpoint rocketraid 454, but now I'm worried that it will hit my processor performance, which would not be cool, since I animate and edit on this machine. And suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
-Colin Theys

04-15-2004, 01:33 AM	#20
colintheys Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: dorm Posts: 1	hey everyone, I'm an animator and DV editor and I just had my drive die on my, losing far too much data. So, I want to set up a raid now to protect what's left and any future data. However, I'm also a student, so i'm short on the $$$. I have two Maxtor 120gb ata drives (or will once I get the dead one replaced under warranty.) However, 120 is not enough. I need at least 170 (what I have now between three drives.) So I figured that I should get a third drive and go the raid 5 route, giving myself 240gb and a perormance advantage. However, I don't know anything about raid and my research turns up conflicting results. Basically, I need lots of safe, fast storage, I was going to get the highpoint rocketraid 454, but now I'm worried that it will hit my processor performance, which would not be cool, since I animate and edit on this machine. And suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -Colin Theys