Hi,

I'm a musician using my pc to record/compose etc. I'm using a RAID 0 setup for my OS programs etc, but I wanted a backup solution for storing all my recorded audio. I was thinking of 2 internal hard drives in RAID 1. The question is whether to fit 2 3.5" drives or 2 2.5" laptop drives. It's about noise levels more than speed.


Can anybody give any help or critisism on this idea?

Many thanks.

Is this a desktop pc we're talking about here?

I don't think there will be much of a sound problem with either. RAID 1 will work fine for backups, but I would also suggest a secondary backup such as a 3rd hard drive.

It's a desktop pc.

A secondary backup? I thought the idea of RAID 1 was to ensure a dual backup (almost).

It will be purely for backing up the data, not to be read from etc.

Thanks for the quick replies too.

Raid one does do a second disk backup, is that's what you're after you should be fine for disk backup/system restore etc.

Excellent. Would there be much difference in noise levels using a slower laptop drive (5,400rpm) instead of a desktop standard (7,200rpm)?

You probably wont be able to hear the difference.