Hello,
I am a beginner when it comes to PC builds but am still trying to learn.
I can't afford to not have reliable backups so I'd like to get into a RAID setup and from what I've read it will either be a RAID 3 or RAID 5.
If I want a strong system, it seems like I should be going for seven disks, plus the C drive (according to Harm's Generic Guideline for Disk Setup article: Generic Guideline for Disk Setup)
Other than the C drive, do I get the same size and brand disks across the board? If not, how do you know which size to get? What specific brands offer great value in 2014?
At the moment I have 240gb C drive and 2x1TB WD Caviar Black drives (media and projects on one, previews, media cache and exports on the other). I also have a 2TB WD Green Disk as a backup.
I have checked out many of the threads and am still getting my head around RAID configurations.
Thank you for helping,
Robert