On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 15:18 -0500, V G wrote:
> > I am not all that familiar with RAIDs but it looks like the goal is to
> > have a zippy OS, fast boot etc but not too concerned about data
> > transfer speeds.
> >
>=20
> That's correct. I want fast boots. SIGH, I guess I'll go with BIOS fake
> RAID then and keep daily backups on some other mass storage.

If you want a fast boot and app launches, forgo RAID and get a small SSD
as your OS drive, and a large HD for your data/big app drive. You will
get performance that SMOKES the best RAID array you could build.

TTYL

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