Raid 0 SSD's - any point?

No, I found it faster using just the one VERTEX , than in a RAID 0 setup, that was in the boot up time, it was faster in running applications but not by much.
It may be faster if you are using a dedicated RAID card, but I don’t have one so I have no way of knowing that.
 
That’s what I found, yes it MIGHT be a bit quicker to load the desktop, but by the time you take to boot into the RAID, there wasn’t much difference, I split up my RAID 0, and used the other for another PC .

But someone else will probably tell you different!
 
I was wondering the same, because I want to upgrade to SSD.
I was trying to decide whether to go for two smaller drives in RAID0 or one bigger one on its own...
 
TRIM does not currently work in RAID, depending on your choice of SSD this may be important for long term performance. Some drives have automatic garbage collection which has a similar effect to TRIM.
 
Not really - you usually use the useful stuff like trim and increase the seek/access times which kinda defeats half the purpose of an SSD - raw transfer speeds are already fast as make no odds with your average desktop useage.
 
Considering the way things are priced, there's definitely a point to it.
If you need say 120GB of storage, you could either get a single Vertex 120 for £200 or two 60GB Vertexes for £206.78

So less than 3.5% increase in price for pretty much a 100% increase in performance. Even without TRIM any half decent drive will never degrade to the point where it's slower than a single drive. The performance of my Intel drives has barely degraded at all since I put it together in August. Most modern drives have garbage collection anyway, which works independently of TRIM support as long as your computer is occasionally left idle.

The speed increase isn't noticeable in every application, but it is definitely worth an extra 3.5%.
 
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It does. My vertex 2 in raid 0 read and write at around 580mb/sec.

At the time I bought them two 60gb drives were cheaper than one 120Gb drive and I wanted the space so a no brainer tbh.
 
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I raided my ocz vertex 2's because like above said, two drives in raid0 have better tranfer speeds for the same price as 1 (give and take a few quid) im getting read speeds of about 560 and write speeds of about 550 (i have the 40gb drives)

as for trim the ocz drives have garbage collection which does the same as trim but its a bit more aggresive

plus i just like raid0
 
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Great I already ordered 1 more of ocz vertex 2 120gb, should be here tomorrow, can't wait to get it racked up in RAID 0 with 2 x ocz vertex 2 120gb.

Got a question to ask do I need to add drivers (Raid) before installing windows 7 or will windows 7 will detect it as a Raid ?

If need a raid driver, what is the best latest driver for gigabyte ex58-ud5 raid driver for 64 bit ?
 
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hartty said:
i will detect it windows 7 on setup just make sure you install the latest intel drivers.
Make sure you use the intel sata ports and not the gigabyte one as they perform better and use these intel drivers

3rd one down http://downloadcenter.intel.com/detail_desc.aspx?agr=N&ProductID=&DwnldID=15251
For the gigabyte drivers just use the gigabyte website http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2958#dl
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Does intel sata port is SATA2_1 & SATA2_0 next to sys power socket on the board ? Picture here:



I don't know which driver should I download from gigabyte for intel raid:



Do I need to buy special Sata ATA cable with L Shaped (plugged into SSD) for better performance or make no difference ?
 
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I just been research...that 2 x SSD's in Raid 0 will destroying IMPORTANT Trim support (if ever go back to single SSD in future) mean if the 2 x SSD's already in Raid0 and later on, change mind want to go back as a single SSD's and the Trim support will be gone!

Very confused about Trim is very important part (as raid0 doesn't support any Trim)
 
Lack of trim is'nt that much of an issue with regards to Vertex 2 SSD's that uses sandforce controllers because of its duraclass technology which optimizes the nand whenever it sees fit, either as a single drive or in raid array, thru it's garbage collection functionality. Thats why it's a favorite (For the time being) with MAC and Linux users (Although some distros has some sort of trim functions).

A degraded raid array (say, 2 x vertex 2 120) is still a lot faster than a single 256 Vertex 2 drive.
 
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