Soldato
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What is faster: 1 of the samsung f1 drives or 2 in raid1? and how much slower is the faster 1 compared to 2 in raid0?
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samsung f1 question
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Raid 1 is just mirroring I think, and so the speed will not be any different, maybe a slight overhead in sending the data twice, but on todays computers it makes no noticeable difference, RAID 0 is splitting where the PC splits data over 2 drives to make it faster, it WILL be faster on read/write times, but only noticeable on huge files, also your pc may boot faster, random access speed wont be any different, if you want 'snappyness' get a 10k or 15k rpm drive
My new drive:
Now compared to my 2x WD 640GB in RAID 1:
Not sure why mine is faster in RAID 1 as I have seen other peoples single drivers get 1 or 2 MB faster.
negligible
The difference is not vast, so thats fine. RAID 1 is just writing the same data to both drives at once, creating a mirror image.
Some drives of the same model/type/capacity are sometimes just faster than others. My Samsung F1 is slightly slower than some benchies I have seen on here, and her access time is 17ms, compared to some that are 13-14.
The difference is not vast, so thats fine. RAID 1 is just writing the same data to both drives at once, creating a mirror image.
Some drives of the same model/type/capacity are sometimes just faster than others. My Samsung F1 is slightly slower than some benchies I have seen on here, and her access time is 17ms, compared to some that are 13-14.
some raid1 controllers allow you to read data from both disks, increasing performance. I dont know if any of the onboard controllers support this. It obviously doesnt apply to writes, since both disks are doing the same then.
