Robski Posted July 18, 2012 Posted July 18, 2012 Hello All, My question is... what is the best configuration for my multiple drive system. I've got my 3 drives configured thus, at the moment!! SSD(60gb) partition 1 (40gb) W7 partition 2 (20gb) DCS HHD (1tb 7200.12) DATA HHD (2tb 7200.14) partition 1 (1tb) APPLICATIONS partition 2 (1tb) back up of DATA (back up routine -Sync) My question is can I set up a RAID1 between "DATA" and "Backup of DATA"? will it work even though one of them is on a partition? I have my SSD on a SATA3 port My two (Heath Robinson ;), wrrrrr-click) HDDs- on two SATA2 ports. If RAID is possible, how should I do it. I don't want to hinder my SSD's performace. Thanks in advance....
HiJack Posted July 18, 2012 Posted July 18, 2012 1. Move DCS to one of the normal HDD's 2. Delete partition 2 on SSD. 3. Expand partition 1 to cover the complete SSD drive. 4. Move DCS to partition 1. Else all looks good.
Robski Posted July 18, 2012 Author Posted July 18, 2012 1. Move DCS to one of the normal HDD's 2. Delete partition 2 on SSD. 3. Expand partition 1 to cover the complete SSD drive. 4. Move DCS to partition 1. Else all looks good. Thanks HiJack, Funny you should say that... that is exacltly what I am doing at the moment. Regreted it as soon as I did it. Having thought about it, there's no point "boxing in" DCS and windows. I'll invartably get another SDD at some point in the future. Leaving Windows to roam the whole 60Gb. Have you any advice of the best back up routine. Currently I use BullGuard (on idle) to sync the two locations, works but is slow. Cheers
HiJack Posted July 18, 2012 Posted July 18, 2012 I have always been a fan of Norton products (now owned by Symantec) and is currently running Norton Ghost 15 as backup application. It mirriros the disk once and keep restorepoints of all folders/files I manually add to a list. That solution works for me but there is a loads of good (and bad) backup solutions. I would recomend a Disk Image of your 60GD SSD that you regularly redo. I also try to change disks every other year and keep the disk as backup for the next 6 months. (HJ)
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