will i gain anything thing from raid

[koopa35]

.... should i raid my ssd vertex 30gb with a 160 hdd? what will i gain if any and is that even possible to do? im not all familiar with raid so a lil help with what it real does will be great also

 

[VPrime]

I suggest a little reading.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

There are multiple raid options, depending on what you want to do... Most of the info you need to know is in the wiki page though.

 

[throttlemeister]

Most you can do with a 30GB and a 160GB is JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks), which doesn't do you any good.

For RAID0 (striping - performance), you need two (or more) disks of the same size, so that is a no-go

For RAID1 (mirroring - safety), you don't technically need same size disks, but the mirror will be as large as the smallest disk; the rest you will not be able to use, so that pretty much takes care of that option too

All other RAID levels require more than 2 disks, so they are no option for you anyway.

HTH

PS: Why would you want to do RAID? I would tend to think that if you don't know what it is and the different options, you probably don't need it.

 

[koopa35]

Most you can do with a 30GB and a 160GB is JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks), which doesn't do you any good.

For RAID0 (striping - performance), you need two (or more) disks of the same size, so that is a no-go

For RAID1 (mirroring - safety), you don't technically need same size disks, but the mirror will be as large as the smallest disk; the rest you will not be able to use, so that pretty much takes care of that option too

All other RAID levels require more than 2 disks, so they are no option for you anyway.

HTH

PS: Why would you want to do RAID? I would tend to think that if you don't know what it is and the different options, you probably don't need it.

to combine my 2 hard drives. but u have just taught me so know i know what it is