Need help resolving a hard drive issue

[cichlidfan]

Enter RAID 0+1, to where the RAID-0 Drives are Mirrored to a 3rd Drive.

 

Raid Array Fails, Replace Drive, Restore from Mirrored Drive.

 

Now you need more drives. Get an SSD. :)

 

Besides, I said:

The speed from a RAID array is nice but unless you are using a config that can survive a drive failure, it isn't worth it.

 

At home I use a hybrid RAID 1 (HDDs) on a Network Data Server, but that's it.

Edited April 28, 2014 by cichlidfan

[SkateZilla]

Now you need more drives. Get an SSD. :)

 

Besides, I said:

 

 

At home I use a hybrid RAID 1 (HDDs) on a Network Data Server, but that's it.

 

Last time I ran raid, I bought like 5 or 6 drives bulk, so I had extra's had one failed, and it was Raid-0+1, If it failed, shut down, replaced drive, booted from the Mirror, click the icon to restore raid array, waited for it to copy files, boom.

 

now, the ONLY thing I'll use RAID 0 for is Recording and Storing RAW Video footage in 1080p and now 4K.

 

As I Need the Read/Write Speeds and I do a lot of footage editing and deleting, So I need a Drive that will withstand the crazy amount of read/writes.

[hitman]

I know, I meant which software was not able to uninstall/install/repair.

 

most of the time you just wipe it's registry entry for Install Path and it will allow you to re-install.

It was Grand Theft Auto 4 and REX. I didnt have other files written to those disks, as everything else was written to my SSD.

 

Heres a fun fact: My new Samsung EVO 840(ish) is a little faster than my two WD Caviar Black RAID0 array. My array writes at 62mb/s while my SSD writes at 81 mb/s. OTOH, my OCZ Agility 3 writes at 31mb/s. My math may be off, but a RAID0 array with 3 WD blacks will smoke any SSD out on the market. Cheaper too, as these are the 1tb SATA3 models. I might do a RAID0+1 if my bios will allow me to use an external drive as the +1 part.

Edited April 28, 2014 by hitman

[lunaticfringe]

And everybody wonders why OCZ got consumed...

[hitman]

And everybody wonders why OCZ got consumed...

It was my first foray into an SSD, it went into a laptop, it was 150 bucks for the 240gb version, and it was fast enough. Faster than those 5400rpm laptop drives.

[SkateZilla]

It was Grand Theft Auto 4 and REX. I didnt have other files written to those disks, as everything else was written to my SSD.

 

Heres a fun fact: My new Samsung EVO 840(ish) is a little faster than my two WD Caviar Black RAID0 array. My array writes at 62mb/s while my SSD writes at 81 mb/s. OTOH, my OCZ Agility 3 writes at 31mb/s. My math may be off, but a RAID0 array with 3 WD blacks will smoke any SSD out on the market. Cheaper too, as these are the 1tb SATA3 models. I might do a RAID0+1 if my bios will allow me to use an external drive as the +1 part.

 

MY WD Black Drives write over 115 Mb/sec In SATA-III Mode (not RAID) according to my BlackMagic Speed Test Application.

[cichlidfan]

I have an old OCZ Vertex 2 or 3 and some Crucial M4's that are used as large flash drives. My running drives are Samsung EVOs. WD Caviar blacks for data storage only.

[hitman]

MY WD Black Drives write over 115 Mb/sec In SATA-III Mode (not RAID) according to my BlackMagic Speed Test Application.

Test it with piriform defraggler. Mac cant do anything right. Scratch that - Im testing mine now with HD Tune pro, for the lolz. (I hate that word)

Edited April 28, 2014 by hitman

[hitman]

my raid array - averaged 210mb/s

ocz - averaged 275mb/s

evo - maintained 455mb/s

5200 rpm 2tb seagate - averaged 130mb/s

 

Guess defraggler only tests burst write speed and not much else...

[SkateZilla]

my raid array - averaged 210mb/s

ocz - averaged 275mb/s

evo - maintained 455mb/s

5200 rpm 2tb seagate - averaged 130mb/s

 

Guess defraggler only tests burst write speed and not much else...

 

Sounds about right..

 

I simply use the BlackMagic Speed test because it runs and lets me know which formats, res, color depth and fps I can record with.

I tests with Chunks of 2,4,5 GB I think.

 

I'm pretty sure my WD Black drives would out perform the 2TB 5200 RPM,

My 640GB 64MB Cache Drive is still gold, lower Density, less platters and more RPM :) out performs 1.0 TB, 1.5 TB and 2TB Drives I have.

[hitman]

Sounds about right..

 

I simply use the BlackMagic Speed test because it runs and lets me know which formats, res, color depth and fps I can record with.

I tests with Chunks of 2,4,5 GB I think.

 

I'm pretty sure my WD Black drives would out perform the 2TB 5200 RPM,

My 640GB 64MB Cache Drive is still gold, lower Density, less platters and more RPM :) out performs 1.0 TB, 1.5 TB and 2TB Drives I have.

I forget which one this one was, I got this drive from Newegg for an eggspert review, and for it being just a 5200rpm drive it sure is pretty fast.

[lunaticfringe]

It was my first foray into an SSD, it went into a laptop, it was 150 bucks for the 240gb version, and it was fast enough. Faster than those 5400rpm laptop drives.

 

Not a knock on you at all. They just couldn't compete.

[hitman]

Not a knock on you at all. They just couldn't compete.

I didnt take it as one, if everyone got their panties in a wad over a hard drive this place would be very different!

[Bucic]

Why the hell do you guys care about continuous rates? Do you film weddings? :)

[hitman]

Why the hell do you guys care about continuous rates? Do you film weddings? :)

Who the hell wants to get married?? The best part of marriage is divorce. Just throwing that out there...