(12-27-2014, 08:29 PM)Coatleque Wrote:(12-27-2014, 08:11 PM)FreelanceWizard Wrote: I generally recommend SSDs be run in some sort of RAID setup, because an SSD that fails typically just vanishes; unlike a hard drive, which can have data extracted from it in the event of a failure, a dead SSD just goes "poof."
I would also recommend this for anyone who's overly concerned with not losing data, or who does not have a secondary drive for storage.
Personally I have nothing saved on the SSD that I need to keep. If it dies, I just replace and reload the OS fresh (which is why I have them striped rather than mirrored). I do that every 3 months anyway so it's not really a big deal in my case.
I'll have to keep that in mind when I do pick up a second SSD, never really thought about it to much, but I also have 2 other normal hdds in the rig plus a 2tb and 4tb external used for backup/storage purposes and try to copy my primary files over periodically for back up purposes. Occasionally worrying if those die if i should look into some sort of cloud backup lol.
I know about as much about RAID setup and configuration as I do with heavy network tweaking( essentially nil)
Something I'll have to look into tho when I pick up my next SSD