Is FCP faster and better in Raid 0?

Is FCP7 best used in a Raid 0 set up?
I'm considering putting x2 1TB drives in Raid 0 for video editing HD - is this the way to go?
Will OS 10.6 improve system performance?
Is a Raid 0 configuration worth while for speed performance in FCP?
- or is Raid 0 performance overrated?
I'm a bit confused on how Raid 0 works - splitting files across 2 drives. Do the 2 drives merge into one desktop icon?
And can i use it like a regular drive, to store and move the files between Raid 0 and a regular drive set-up?

just one more thing wrote:
Is FCP7 best used in a Raid 0 set up?
Setting a RAID up will allow for more clips to be played back at one time in a sequence, but doesn't make renders faster per se etc...
I'm considering putting x2 1TB drives in Raid 0 for video editing HD - is this the way to go?
The danger is that if you lose one drive you lose all the data of two...
Will OS 10.6 improve system performance?
No.
Is a Raid 0 configuration worth while for speed performance in FCP?
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Depends on the formats you edit... larger file sizes require faster drives to play back the QT movies...
I'm a bit confused on how Raid 0 works - splitting files across 2 drives. Do the 2 drives merge into one desktop icon?
Yes.
And can i use it like a regular drive, to store and move the files between Raid 0 and a regular drive set-up?
Yes...
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