Raid for video editing?

Using FCP studio and my new Mac Pro. I will have 2 500 GB HD's. I will consider getting a third hard drive and software raiding drives 2 and 3 together for my video assets.(My OS drive will be partitioned in half and my project files will be in on drive 1 in the partition without the OS)
1. What will I gain and what will I loose? It seems I will gain speed but ad another point of failure. This seems just as risky to me as having all video assets on the same drive. I keep backups of my project files so I could recapture if I had a problem.
2. How many use this setup in video editing?

I have just started using a 3x500 WD RAID 0 for my new RAW photography machine. It's blazingly fast. I agree with the one reviewer who said that adding a RAID 0 array produced a speed benefit equivalent to upgrading to the 3.0 Ghz processor (cheaper, too).
I don't personally see it as any sort of risk. Just ensure you have a very stable backup plan in place. I am using an internal Time machine Drive along with an external clone that I will produce every Sunday night. I feel pretty confident with that plan in place.

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