Is this possible

macey79 · 15 Apr 2012 at 12:14

Hi

I am new to SSD and raid, I am thinking of getting a couple of SSD to put them into raid0 setup but I am wondering if I am able to also have a normal HDD for storage.

So my question is can you have 2xSSD in raid0 and have 1xHDD as slave for storage (music/pic/movies etc).

Or is the most common way to have 1xSSD + 1xHDD not set it raid.

Cheers.

macey79 · 15 Apr 2012 at 12:35

Cheers for the fast replies.

So you would go for something like Intel 520 180 or 240gb instead of say raiding 2x120's?

I wont be doing obsessive benchmarking, I will mainly be gaming with some video editing here and there.

macey79 · 15 Apr 2012 at 12:58

well I have a 1TB HDD at the moment that I want to keep just to store movies and pic etc. My budget is going to be around £200ish but could stretch to around £300. just wondered if it was possible to keep that HDD and have 2xSSD in a raid0 array or if there would be a performance loss if I was to do that. Obviously the SSD would be for the OS and programs such as games/photoshop and video editing software.

macey79 · 15 Apr 2012 at 15:13

Sin_Chase said:
Do you really need more than 550MB/sec or for that matter 1000+?

If not, pointless going RAID with SSDs imo.

If performance is REALLY that important to you go for a PCI-E solution.

This is something I am not really sure about. I may not need 1000+, like I said I am new to raid setups and even SSD. I have used a normal 1TB HDD for ages now I am noticing things are a bit slower than before. I have recently build a new machine and most of it is fairly high end but I have not upgraded the hard drive for some years now. I know most gamers use raid0 setups so I am kinda curious how good they are.

macey79 · 15 Apr 2012 at 15:23

Sin_Chase said:
Most gamers do not raid SSDs, anything past 550MB/sec is literally a waste of time.

Most people use single SSDs.

I get into servers first on a single Vertex 3 and I doubt I am even near saturating the throughput of a single SSD. Why RAID them for diminishing returns?

Big numbers are attractive but in the real world I doubt raided SSDs have any noticeable benefit in day-to-day. Raided HDDs yes, noticeable gain above a single disk because of the relatively low performance compared to an SSD.

Ok. I might have been mislead from what I have read and been told then.

Thanks for all the advice on here I really appreciate it. Think I will go for a single one then with plenty of space.

macey79 · 15 Apr 2012 at 16:11

what would you say is one of the best SSD (around 240gb) on the market at the moment? not just performance but also reliability, I hear some have firmware problems. I have been reading some reviews and much seems rather confusing tbh so I am not sure what one to go for ><

macey79 · 16 Apr 2012 at 11:12

Cheers for your comments. Intel is looking a decent bet but what do you guys think about the OCZ Vertex 4? I know it may be to early to tell but I see they now own Indilinx or something so that it is all in house.