SSD Raid 0 questions.

What kind of speeds are you guys getting out of your ssd arrays configured in Raid 0. If so can you provide benches (atto, as ssd), and list which kind of drives are you running.

Side question, if I install an ssd in the optical bay can that be raided with the other sata 2 port?

 

I don't think Raid 0 will make much of a difference with SSDs, most are plently fast enough alone. The only real benefit is having them combined into one drive.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485-13.html

Also with Raid 0 - if one SSD fails you lose the data on both drives. Not worth it in my opinion since they're already fast as is.

 

Where in Jersey are you from?

 

I'm a big fan of SSD Raid 0. It almost doubles the speed.

 

You get almost double for sequential, not much improvement for 4k and everything in between. I am not sure what kind of cap you looking for, but it is the sata cap.

Optical Bay is sata aswell in most machine, and a drive there will raid fine. Though it can be a sata 2 port due to either port configuration or oem artificial capping.

 

I am really wanting to give this a try as running Quickbooks Enterprise may improve a lot with Raid 0 according to this forum/post (post 23):
SSD for Quickbooks Company File - AnandTech Forums

I use a Samsung 830 currently for a 500MB quickbooks file and some reports take well over 40 seconds already, maybe more. There is also a lag already when processing each entry which didn't used to be around when my file was around 200-300MB AFTER I initially moved from HDD to SSD.

I'll probably need to get 3 new drives though translating to more $$$.

new 128 mSATA SSD and 2x 256 840 Pros is pricey. Maybe I'd go for the 840 evos instead.

 

Joecait I use crucial m400's in raid 0 to get a useable 953GB drive.

With large files like you have you may want to look into the M500 980GB drives, almost 2 TB in raid but you could start with one. I have been problem free with my drives.

 

Any chance I could get a dummbies guild to what those numbers mean?

 

2xSamsung 840 Pro 256Gb

 

Damn that's exactly what I was looking for Harlon thank you!

 

here is what i get in raid0 on sata3 with 2 vector on my m18x-r2