Hi Vguitarist,
Rendering is mostly a CPU intensive operation, so by upgrading your CPU and possibly RAM you may be able to render your video faster. RAID is a good way to get redundancy but I would also recommend backing up your data. RAID can only protect against a single failure in those RAID modes. For example if there is an electrical issue or the motherboard is damaged, it could in turn damage both drives and you wouldn’t be able to recover.
There are some people that do RAID SSD’s but I know some are not really designed for RAID use so I would make sure that if you want to RAID them together, check to see what the recommendation is from the manufacturer. For HDD RAID, I would probably recommend WD Red. They are designed for small home RAIDs and NAS environments.
RAID1 can be slow on write performance but there is usually some type of trade-off for redundancy. It is true that sometimes a backup cannot get you up and running quickly but it is more there for peace of mind that your data is stored in a separate location. I’ve used a RAID with redundancy and I still back up my data to a separate external drive for added protection, especially data that is important to me like images and documents.
Hope this helps you out.
