09-02-2006, 07:19 PM
RAID 0 treats two hard drives as one big hard drive.
Imagine filling/draining a swimming pool with one hose, then adding a second hose.
Since two paths (hoses) feed into and out of the hard drive (pool), it fills/drains faster.
The distinct disadvantage to RAID 0 is when one of the hard drives fails, you lose all of your data on the RAID 0 array, not just the data on the hard drive that failed. If you backup regularly this isn't a huge deal.
A lot of people believe the average user has no need for a RAID 0 congiguration. Only you can decide for yourself. I like it, especially with two hard drives spinning at 10,000 RPM.
John
Imagine filling/draining a swimming pool with one hose, then adding a second hose.
Since two paths (hoses) feed into and out of the hard drive (pool), it fills/drains faster.
The distinct disadvantage to RAID 0 is when one of the hard drives fails, you lose all of your data on the RAID 0 array, not just the data on the hard drive that failed. If you backup regularly this isn't a huge deal.
A lot of people believe the average user has no need for a RAID 0 congiguration. Only you can decide for yourself. I like it, especially with two hard drives spinning at 10,000 RPM.
John