I have recently moved my HHD to the optical bay and up a SSD in the place of the original hard drive. I have been reading about RAID. I am not entirely sure what RAID is but it sounds like its something I should consider doing. What are people opinions on this, and if so, how do I do it? Do I need to use 3rd part programmes to set up RAID, and if so, what would people recommend?
Many thanks,
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), iOS 9.3.5
I suggest you first get an understanding of what a RAID installation is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID
For the average user it is not necessary and convention backups using Time Machine or Carbon Copy Cloner will be sufficient.
Ciao.
The essential thing about RAID is that you need at least two hard disks (or SSDs) to use it. In the most common configuration, the two disks run in parallel, so that everything written to one disk is also written to the other - thus providing you with a fully current backup should one of the disks fail. Another configuration is where incoming data is written to the two disks alternately, thus providing a much quicker read/write. You can do this with any number of disks; except of course one, where the situation doesn't arise.
New SSD. Do I need to use RAID?
