The Harmony-Out: Rasgrez wants to make believe with you~

[Sheras]

And here I thought you were in reality.
You knew this day would come

Not so soon.

[Sheik]

Not so soon.

Indeed.
Too soon

[GunSlinger Boy]

Why? Thats a bad idea.
If of course you mean USB thumb drives.

why?

[GunSlinger Boy]

NO!
We shall settle this like men

truth lies within this

[Sprung]

I has a hungry.

[Jazzmarazz]

why?

Because what RAID was designed for. It was invented so that HDD's with the slower-processing moving-parts could be transferring data AND searching at the same time. RAID actually increases the possibility for error and data loss. Plus, you will not get any decent speeds out of USB. If they were all SSD's on the other hand, it would be worth it. If by expanding all of your drives into one large drive is your aim, then you should be warned. Can you imagine if one were to fall out or be bumped? All data that is only partially on that drive is damaged, which would likely be everything.

[Sprung]

I use RAID.

Kills them damn spiders.

[Wyrm]

[GunSlinger Boy]

Because what RAID was designed for. It was invented so that HDD's with the slower-processing moving-parts could be transferring data AND searching at the same time. RAID actually increases the possibility for error and data loss. Plus, you will not get any decent speeds out of USB. If they were all SSD's on the other hand, it would be worth it. If by expanding all of your drives into one large drive is your aim, then you should be warned. Can you imagine if one were to fall out or be bumped? All data that is only partially on that drive is damaged, which would likely be everything.

ok, not RAID, something else like it though. maybe organize them into folders under a single drive letter

[Sheras]

WYRM!!!!!!

[Wyrm]

WYRM!!!!!!

[Jazzmarazz]

I use RAID.

Kills them damn spiders.

ok, not RAID, something else like it though. maybe organize them into folders under a single drive letter

By all means, go ahead and RAID them. It will be the same process for any other drive, so it would be a good learning experience. Just don't expect reliable performance.
The only way you could get close to the performance of SATA III drives in RAID0 would be if you have USB 3.0 slots and compatible thumb drives. At max, you would have 6GB/s vs. 5GB/s which is close.

[Sheik]

He Appears!

[Sheras]

Where you been you crazy bastard?

[Wyrm]

Where you been you crazy bastard?

I haven't been addicted to a certain action MMO playing it for 12 hours a day, I swear.