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Would it be ok/useful to mirror a SATA HD or SSD with an nvme SSD?
I have a laptop with a 2TB SATA SSD which also has an M.2 NVME slot with currently a 128GB SSD inside. I wondered if it would help to put a 2TB SSD in the NVME slot and mirror both ? The reasoning ...
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Windows Storage Spaces 2-Way Mirror behavior in case of a faulty drive
Assuming a simple, fully-provisioned two-way mirror Storage Spaces setup on Windows 10/11, how does it behave when one of the drives gets faulty:
One of the drives cannot read some sectors, and SMART'...
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RAID 5 with SSDs; how many and what class of SSDs to use?
I have a 850 EVO 250gb as win/programs/games disk and I am thinking buying more SSDs to go with RAID 5 in order to gain more speed. I know the pros and cons of RAID 5.
The question is:
5 cheap 120gb ...
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Can't add unallocated 2nd drive to C:\ in either striped or spanned volume
I was playing with getting rid of my BIOS RAID 0 and using AHCI. This would destroy the RAID 0 meaning I'd have to create a software RAID with Windows.
After converting to AHCI and doing a clean ...
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Is there a way to determine what RAID-type I am using?
I've recently set up RAID 0 with two disks. I've done that via my Asus Prime X370 Pro's UEFI.
Today I stumbled upon the terms "Software RAID", "Hardware RAID" and "Fake RAID". Most of the sources ...
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Most cost effective and fastest RAID array?
I had a SSD, and it failed and I lost all my data. Sad day..
What I want:
To make a RAID 1 array to have all my data mirrored onto 2 drives and backed up. I want to use and have SSD speeds(important),...
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Simultaneous failure of 8x SSD's in raid 10 [closed]
My friend keeps arguing with me about putting SSD’s in raid vs HDD, I need to settle this. What are the odds of all the SSD’s failing vs HDD”s at once assuming they are from the same assembly line and ...
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Hybrid Raid-1 HDD + SSD -- Write Intent Bitmap
I am currently running a laptop with 1 HDD and 1SSD.
I currently am using mdadm to put some partitions in a raid 1 configuration with --perfer-write set on the HDD. I have this working correctly ...
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Use the speed of an SSD + two HDDs in RAID 1
Is it possible to gain a speed benefit of an SSD if you create a software RAID with a big SSD + two small HDDs?
At the moment I have a system with only two 320GB HDDs. And I thought about inserting a ...
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combining SSD and hard disk in software RAID1?
Does it make sense to build a Linux software RAID-1 (mirroring) using an SSD and a normal hard disk? I want to combine the advantages of SSD (fast transfer rates, fast access times) with the ...
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What would happen in a Software Raid 1 of one HDD and one SSD?
I'm running my Windows 7 installation and all of my apps from an SSD for performance reasons. Since SSD's can instantly die at any moment, I'm looking for some kind of data backup strategy. Right Now ...
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optimal SATA SSD configuration in new PC
I'm sold on SATA SSDs for my next PC but since their prices grow un-proportionally to their size, I'm wondering what would be the best configuration for them (for OS and Programs) would be:
2 SSDs ...
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