Data storage help please!

Hi,
I just moved from pc to an iMac (27" i5 with 16gb RAM) and loving it! I am new to data storage as well and need some help with the setup. I have a ton of pics and I'm getting into edditing a lot of pictures and retouching using photoshop cs5. Based on what i have been able to read I was thinking of using maybe 2 drives as RAID 1, and an extra drive as a scratch disk and one more as a time machine... does this make sense? Is it better just to stack 4 drives?
Thanks!

I would recommend using some high quality external HD to store your raws and tiffs. The drives I'd recommend are:
G-Tech G-DRIVE series
LaCie d2 Quadra series
OWC Mercury Elite Pro series
Each have excellent build quality and good features. Personally I use the LaCie's ( I have 4 currently) but the other two would be more than welcome on my desk. I would also get a separate drive to use as a Time Machine drive. There are numerous backup strategies you can use and TM is a good place to start. Here are some MacWorld articles that discuss different strategies, as you will see when it comes to back up redundancy is a wise decision.
Backup Plan I
Backup Plan II
Backup Plan III
There is no "best" solution, you need to search for what fits your needs best and research to see if it is totally compatilble with your system and applications.

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