How do you manage your storage ?

[Mayflower]

Hey
Since I'm getting my own new computer, I was wondering how you guys were organizing your storage space.
Just say how many drives you have and, it any case, how you split them.

My actual 'family' computer :

250GB Western Digital
. Partition 1 (130G): C\ - System files and programs only
. Partition 2 (110G): E\ - Media and graphics (movies, textures, samples, etc.)

40GB Western Digital
Unpartitioned (40G): Z\ - Personal data (home data, photos, music, school work, etc.)

I split them like that, so when I reinstall Windows, I keep my data files safe.

Im just wondering on my next system if I should just use one big 320G drive or maybe partition it into 2.

[TheHeartSmasher]

Re: How do you manage your storage ?

Here is a nice setup:
1 WD 80GB 10,000 RPM Drive
-Windows Operating System Only

1WD 160GB 7,200/10,000RPM Drive
-Only Video Game Installs

1WD 320GB Drive 7,200/10,000RPM Drive
-Software Installations, Data Files, etc.

1WD 40GB Drive 7,200/10,000RPM Drive
Reading Documents, Tutorials, saved web pages, etc.

10TB+ 10,000RPM Drives (Not Needed )
-Data, Scratch Drives for Video/Photo/Sound Editing/Rendering
--These drives don't have anything on them and are used for Adobe's Scratch Storage ...and fill up really fast...

[.Gunfire]

Re: How do you manage your storage ?

Seagate 160GB 7,200RPM Drive
-System, And Game installs

Simpletech External 320GB 7,200RPM Drive
-Music, Videos, Pictures, etc....

[jake_]

Re: How do you manage your storage ?

I have one 500GB 7200 rpm HDD.

That's it.

[CptainCrunch]

Re: How do you manage your storage ?

Two drives in RAID 0.

C: partition of 30GB for OS and basic programs
D: partition of 436GB for Games, data, heavy programs.

External hard drive to backup anything important.

Crunch

[TheSpark29]

Re: How do you manage your storage ?

320GB drive (~300GB usable)

100GB = OS/Applications/Games
200GB = Storage (music, pics,video)

[Kreepy Kitteh =^o.O^=]

Re: How do you manage your storage ?

1 x 500gb Seagate... OS and System files.
1 x 320gb WD......... Porn.. and whatever else...

[Eagle101]

Re: How do you manage your storage ?

I use a 320GB WD, and a 500GB Samsung.

[=98=]

Re: How do you manage your storage ?

2 x 160gb in RAID0 Array (320gb total)
2 x 400gb in RAID1 Array (400gb total)

All apps, images and speed reliant data go on the RAID0
Media, work and everything else goes on the RAID1 so if one hard disk fails, i still have a full backup of it :)

[Hellsent 2.0]

Re: How do you manage your storage ?

Alex you have 2 400Gb ones...And you say you have 400Gb total?

[=98=]

Re: How do you manage your storage ?

Yup, they are in RAID1 which means one disk is a perfect copy of the other. So, if one disk breaks, i have the other with all the same data on it. Redundancy ftw.

[sava700]

Re: How do you manage your storage ?

I've got 5 PC's at the moment.. one acts as a server running 4 750Gig SATA drives for data storage of anything I wish to save even from the early 90's I have stuff on it.. hell I looked the other day and I still have crap like WinNuke from the Win 95 days

All the other PC's have only one hard drive and none are over 120gigers... my main gaming rig has a simple 74gig Raptor as I only run games on it and nothing else..fully stripped down System!

I've got 2 External HDD's I built myself out of a 2.5laptop 60gig drive that I carry around with odd ball stuff on it everywhere.. I go it goes! A 160Gig 3.5 that I leave on my desk hooked to my Gaming machine to save patches on once I'm done with them...if it fills then I take the drive out and store it in a static bag and put a new one in it which I've done once so far as the first drive was only 80gigs at the time.

Got a very powerful Server co-located in Chicago running 15K SCSI's that I use for my game servers but I also use it as a middle point of FTP transfer from any location in the world..just in case I'm somewhere and I wish to save something and I may not be within reach of my external :)

Last I've got 3 Flash Drives.. a small 512mb for pocket use when I go to work on someones computer, and two 2giggers for whatever comes up.

[Wizrdwarts]

Re: How do you manage your storage ?

I have a 320gb salvaged from some other computer, and I just lump all my stuff into that. (I have a external backup drive though.)

[=KT= mpi]

Re: How do you manage your storage ?

1 x 320 gb, for programs, OS, other crap
1 x 750 gb for downloads
1 x 500 gb external for backups

[Mo0by]

Re: How do you manage your storage ?

160gb for OS/Programs/Games etc

second 160gb thats currently emtpy but will be used for moar Programs/Games

External USB 320gb used for movies, back up