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Sample Data and audio on two Raided SSD Drives?


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Does anybody have any thought on whether it is a good or bad idea to place Sample Data and audio on two Raided SSD Drives?

I would think that this would be a much faster streaming option but for some reason I'm thinking that this might work well for video but not audio.

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I think a benefit a RAID might provide is the convenience of having everything in one place, as opposed to having samples spread out on multiple hard drives.

 

You can just use one not-RAID'ed drive for samples and audio. RAID is about speed and/or data security. Depends on the RAID-level you configure.

 

For audio applications, RAID set for speed, is hardly needed. Maybe if you have couple of hundreds of high definition (above 192kHz) audio streams plus UHD-video, etc. So only if you are a hardcore power super user, consider RAID. But running RAID properly is not something easy, and definitely not cheap.

 

You must be aware, that RAIDs configured for data loss won't help in "catastrophic" events, like fire, water etc., where all drives are lost. The security RAID configuration need at least a certain amount of working drives to recover data. Only proper offsite backup can help you in such a scenario.

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels

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