just got a SSD for my OS, and I plan on backing it up to my HDDs. Before I do that however, I want to set up a RAID configuration. I am torn between RAID 1 or RAID 0, both offer what I want, but I dont have the money for 2 more HDD's to do a Raid 1+0 or a RAID 10. I have two Seagate HDDs:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433I have not had any issues with these two (had one since April of last year, the second since Decemberish), but they could still be young in their lives.
my questions? For those of you have had Seagate drives, which RAID would you recommend? Stripe or Mirror? Secondly, I have done some research and already backed up my data, but any tips for setting up a RAID configuration? Yes, my board supports it (ICH10R chipset) and my HDD's are the same. I know I need to switch my HDD settings in my BIOs to RAID and not SATA, then reboot and hit a key combination to set up the HDDs for the configuration, at least thats what I read (posted a few years back), is this true still or no? will setting up my RAID configuration affect my OS (on the SSD which will not be included in the RAID configuration)?
Thoughts and tips?