Where to put Raid 0

[mackenziemac]

I'm thinking of getting 2x2tb drives and setting them up raid 0 stripped. Performance wise would it be better to set it up inside the computer or run it through a fire wire 800?

 

[alust2013]

It would be far better to put them in the computer. SATA can handle almost 4x the throughput (information per given time) that FW 800 can.

 

[philipma1957]

YOU HAVE another option you can buy sans digital's product towerstor ts2ct


http://www.sansdigital.com/towerstor/ts2ct.html

 

[OptimusP83]

The most Firewire 800 can handle is around 60-70 MB of throughput mostly due to the fact that cheap firewire controllers are usually the bottleneck. One drive couldn't saturate that. I have two 1640GB drive in RAID 0 in a newertech enclosure and it maxes out at 60MB. I use it for time machine backups. Not worried about losing it as its just a secondary backup.

 

[mackenziemac]

YOU HAVE another option you can buy sans digital's product towerstor ts2ct


http://www.sansdigital.com/towerstor/ts2ct.html

This is awesome! So I put the drives in the the towerstor, how many can it hold and should I use hard drives or SSD. DO you even have to worry about cooling with SSD's cause nothing moves?(I'm kinda a newb)