Music Missing

[simoncn]

RAID 0 causes data to be "striped" between the two HDDs. This means that reading from a single audio file requires I/O and head movement from both HDDs at the same time.

Spanned holds different portions of your library on different HDDs. This means that reading from a single audio file usually requires I/O and head movement from a single HDD only.

The reduction in I/O activity and head movement from using spanned provides a noticeable improvement in sound quality. I am not the only Melco user who has tested this and heard the difference.

Both RAID 0 and spanned require a backup. RAID 0 can read a file faster but this is not relevant for audio streaming or playing.