Are SSD's in Raid0 faster

xy1971

xy1971

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If I used two SSD's in Raid0 does that make them quicker than just one. And if so does that mean four would be psyco fast?:confused:
 
RAID 0 only helps with data throughput, it won't really increase over all performance unless you are processing lots of data at once on your hard drives.

It won't give you more frames per a second, and it doesn't make gaming better. It may make your load times slightly faster, but at the cost of stability. If your RAID crashes all your data is gone.
 
RAID 0 isnt exactly unstable though, your basically doubling the chances of losing your data due to a hard drive failure. but since the odds of a quality ssd failing should be pretty low, i say go for it. RAID 0 with 2 500gb hard drives can be plenty fast, im sure that will be even better.
 
RAID 0 with 2 good SSDs is insanely fast as it can boost read speed to near 300MB/s range and write speed into the 200's MB/s.
 
diduknowthat said:
RAID 0 with 2 good SSDs is insanely fast as it can boost read speed to near 300MB/s range and write speed into the 200's MB/s.
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Thats what I want.....So I could do 2 SSD's in raid 0 just using the mobo or would I need a raid controller card? I don't want to get a raid controller because they must be made of the pubic hair of virgins from atlantis going by the price.:P

P.S. I'm planning on doing this on a new i5 system.
 
seriously though, if you put the money you would pay for 2 ssd's into 1 quality ssd you wouldnt need to raid0!

they are very fast as they are, you would see little benifit in real lif performance and increase chance of failure!
 
lovely? said:
RAID 0 isnt exactly unstable though, your basically doubling the chances of losing your data due to a hard drive failure. but since the odds of a quality ssd failing should be pretty low, i say go for it. RAID 0 with 2 500gb hard drives can be plenty fast, im sure that will be even better.
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Loading Windows on your RAID 0 raises the rate it will crash, I was referring to software problems. In RAID 0 if Windows crashes and your array corrupts there goes all of your data.
 
tlarkin said:
Loading Windows on your RAID 0 raises the rate it will crash, I was referring to software problems. In RAID 0 if Windows crashes and your array corrupts there goes all of your data.
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Thats the sacrifice for ultimate speed. I think running raid is well worth the risk. I have had my Raid stable for about 11 months now with not a single hiccup. Zipping, moving files, games loads and much more benefits from Raid 0. If I want to keep important data I use an external for that so I have nothing to loose.
 
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