best settings for RAID 0

juno_first

juno_first

juno_first

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I've gone from RAID 0 x2 drives to 4 drives now & although sandra reports mb/sec from 106 to 195 I dont notice much difference in general use & copying large files across the drives is not fast & loud.

I first setup the RAID 0 using optimal stripe size in nforce4 bios, was that the best setting? as there was also 128kb etc.
 
I tried different stripe sizes (32, 64 & 128KB, with 2 x 74GB WD Raptors) for "general" usage, and found 32KB was the best for all round general use.

You don't really notice any difference in "general usage" when going from a single HDD in IDE mode to RAID0, where I did notice the difference was when unzipping large files, or moving large files about, and that is about the only advantages I encountered. :)
 
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Yeah I noticed extracting RARs to be a lot faster & I can burn DVD at x8 & copy files around etc.
I expected games to load twice as fast :eek: anyway I'd deffo advise anyone to go RAID as drives are so cheap these days.
 
I agree, just bought 2 160GB Seagate 7200.10 and set them up in RAID 0 as they were only 35 quid each.

When benchmarking they are a lot faster than my single old SATA 1 seagate 80GB and the only real difference i have noticed with the new setup is the speed with which i can minimise/maximise games.

Good value though as was running out of space, who would have thought 80GB not being enough when 10years ago pcs were being shipped with 1GB hard drives
 
I've just noticed comparing 1 drive to RAID that when playing mkv HD videos: when moving the search bar in vlc player the video catches up almost instantly, whereas with 1 drive it takes a minute if at all.
 
I have 4 x 36gb raptors in Raid 0 on the NF4 controller. I remember doing some benchmarks when I first installed and found that the Optimal setting performed best. However on my old P4C800E 128 stripe scored highest.

In gaming, I nearly always used to be first into CSS or BF2 (great as I got the APC in Karkand). But I notice now, as more people are using RAID and SATA2 drives it's no longer the case.

Jack
 
Too true - there is a HDD thread going covering speeds and the new intel controllers are blisteringly quick - guys getting over 200mb/s now on Sata :eek:
 
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