Drive Order Recommendations?


  1. In the Net
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    Win 10 64-bit Pro
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    Drive Order Recommendations?


    Hi--New to this forum and I have a question: I just bought 2 Samsung 1-terabyte SSDs for my PC using Win 10 64bit/Pro. Already had an installed 2-TB HDD, and I added an older 500GB HDD because I had a spare slot, maybe for photo archives or something. Everything works, all volumes connected & named in an orderly way but now I'm wondering if maybe I should RAID together my 2 SSDs and use the large HDD for backups or to clone/image the 2 SSDs to. Any suggestions for best use? Currently I am:
    Drive C 1-TB SSD, OS
    Drive D 2-TB HDD, Local Disk
    Drive E 500 GB HDD, Local Disk
    Drive F 1-TB SSD, Clone of Drive C, data migrated once weekly using Samsung Migration.
    Thanks!
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  3. ignatzatsonic
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    I don't use RAID, but everything I've read says that it is pretty much pointless on SSDs---although you may have some unusual requirement.

    I'd use one SSD for Windows and applications assuming all of that will fit.

    Maybe put data on the second SSD?

    Then periodically make an image of the first SSD, saving that file on the second SSD.

    Use the HDDs for data backup or for data originals if you can't get all originals on the SSD.

    Just my offhand idea. I have no idea how much data you have or how much of C is occupied.
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  4. swarfega
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    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
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    Hi and welcome.

    Don't feel you have to fill every slot up just because it's there. There is no point raiding SSDs, you will see little to no benefit. You should consider going 100% SSD in 2020.
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