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Raid 1 / Mirroring for System Drive – Will it slow performance?
One of my internal hard drives died on me recently (luckily I only lost a few songs I hadn’t backed up) and it got me thinking that I should probably replace my other internal drives before they do the same – they’re all around 3 years old.
Here’s what I’m thinking for my new MacPro setup:
Internal slot 1 and 2: 500GB HDs setup as a Raid 1 for my OS and Apps
Internal slot 3: 2TB HD to use as my working drive – will house all documents and footage
Internal slot 4: 2TB HD to use as a Time Machine or CCC backup for the other 2TB HDBasically I don’t want to have to think about backup my internal drives every night. My only concern is that setting up my system drive as a Raid 1 will slow down it’s performance. Has anyone tried this? Do we know if the slowdown is significant enough to be noticeable if I’m not using it as a footage/documents drive?
Thanks!
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Per configuring your system drive as RAID 1, you might want to check out review of a dedicated hardware setup that does exactly that, but in just a single slot in a MacPro. As you’ll see, there is a section about RAID 1 performance that should be just what you need.
https://library.creativecow.net/weiss_roth_david/Stardom-Pro-Review/1
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Well that looks perfect. Only question now is… what do I do with the open 4th slot?
Thanks David!
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