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Recommendation re: Raid 1 for SSD Drives.

I typically configured my spinning hard drives for the OS and Data files as Raid 1. If something happened then I just swapped out the drive and kept working.

When I got the SSD drive for the OS I could only afford the one drive. Now the prices have come down and I was thinking of again using Raid 1, for availability.

Talking with Samsung Tech Support they said that it would work but that they don't recommend it due to the fact that it would shorten the life of the SSD.

Having just had the drive fail and while waiting for the replacement I am thinking of getting my system up with a new SSD and when the replacement ships putting it in a Raid 1 set.

Recommendations?

Thanks,

Steve

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I have a raid controller in my system.

I like the raid solution as once it is set up you don't have to worry about it

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ON the contrary, it at times provides a false sense of security. Commonly, SATA raid that are included on Desktop Motherboards are also referred as "fake raid."

A backup (WBADMIN) IS ONE way to manage .....

steveurich

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Thanks

steveurich

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Thanks, I was looking for the reason that they did not recommend it.