Any Raid Experts?

[trekiej]

I am planning to build a new computer and I wanted to get some advice on Raid5 and Raid 1+0.

[trekiej]

Thanks.
An Article I was reading said that the user should have Backup Storage in case of a raid failure.
It also said ( or another post ) that cost wise that Raid 1+0 was better than Raid5 on the second disk failure.
For a newbie, it looks like the Holy Grail, when it fails it becomes a Holy Cow.
The board I want to get has 6Gbs SATA. How can I push that to the limit?  
Do I need SSD's or many HD's?
Can a raid system beat the bloat?

[trekiej]

How about the Raid 1+0 or I hear it is also called Raid10.
|| = mirror
+ = stripe

[ a || a' ] + [ b || b' ] + [ c || c' ]
I do not think you have to replace the whole set if you loose one.
1.  I want to make win7 or win sever run faster.
2.  I want to make Linux run faster? (ubuntu, fedora, slackware )
3.  I want to edit movies with Blender.
4.  I want to edit moves with Sony Vegas Pro 9.
I plan to add a 1TB drive for back up.
Thanks.
Extra:

SATA
5 SATA 6 Gb/s ports by AMD® SB850
1 E-SATA port by AMD® SB850

RAID
SATA 1~5 support RAID 0/ 1/ 10/ 5 mode by AMD® SB850

[trekiej]

lol
I have not seen RiverRaid in a long time.
I am not really settled on which Raid to use.
I will have to try both Raid5 and Raid 1+0 some day.
Raid! as the bug spray commercial goes.