Raid 0 vs SSD?

Getting low on space on my back up HDD(wich is a mere 230gb),so I'm wondering if I'd be better

1)Get a 128gb SSD as the main boot and use my two 230gb as back ups

2)Get a 1TB HDD as back up and raid 0 my two 230gb as main boot

Altought,both of my drives are 7200RPM but one has 8mb cache while the other has 16mb(1,2)

Both option would cost me about the same,what do?

128GB SSD now and then a 1TB HDD, when prices come back down?C_Rule

[QUOTE="C_Rule"]128GB SSD now and then a 1TB HDD, when prices come back down?MonsieurX

SSD + 1TB

RAID is unreliable garbage, especially when trying to import a RAID array from a previous installation. Anything goes. You can buy a cheap 40GB SSD and use it in conjunction with SRT using your 250GB drive and then buy a 500-1TB backup drive with the extra money you'd spend on a 128GB SSD. Then at least you'll have the extra space on your main without having to spend an extra $200. If you don't have SRT capability then just do what's been suggested.

i have a 60gb ssd for my os and 2 500gb in raid 0 for storage. it's honestly pretty good :)

Personnaly, the only Raid I trust is Raid 1, and that Raid that you spray on bugs and they die.

Nothing like the speed of an SSD. Once you've tasted it, you can never go back!!!!

Personnaly, the only Raid I trust is Raid 1, and that Raid that you spray on bugs and they die.

Nothing like the speed of an SSD. Once you've tasted it, you can never go back!!!!

Idontremember

raid 5

raid 6

?

[QUOTE="Idontremember"]

Personnaly, the only Raid I trust is Raid 1, and that Raid that you spray on bugs and they die.

Nothing like the speed of an SSD. Once you've tasted it, you can never go back!!!!

GummiRaccoon

raid 5

raid 6

?

Getting low on space on my back up HDD(wich is a mere 230gb),so I'm wondering if I'd be better

1)Get a 128gb SSD as the main boot and use my two 230gb as back ups

2)Get a 1TB HDD as back up and raid 0 my two 230gb as main boot

Altought,both of my drives are 7200RPM but one has 8mb cache while the other has 16mb(1,2)

Both option would cost me about the same,what do?

MonsieurX

RAID 0 two SSDs

RAID 1 4 hard drives, 2x 2x . Sorry I like pretty stuff like that XD

and no @ RAID 0 for storage...

Any suggestions on a drive under 150$(I'm in Canada BTW)?MonsieurX

Something like this is good enough. Use your 250GB drive as your secondary for storage and games. That's what I use to do until I started using SRT.

[QUOTE="MonsieurX"]Any suggestions on a drive under 150$(I'm in Canada BTW)?Snaptrap

Something like this is good enough. Use your 250GB drive as your secondary for storage and games. That's what I use to do until I started using SRT.

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CrystalDiskMark 3.0.1 x64 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]

Sequential Read : 237.020 MB/s
Sequential Write : 137.753 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 122.995 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 137.718 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 19.763 MB/s [ 4825.1 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 35.466 MB/s [ 8658.7 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 21.593 MB/s [ 5271.8 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 56.866 MB/s [ 13883.3 IOPS]

Test : 1000 MB [C: 33.8% (37.7/111.7 GB)] (x5)
Date : 2012/03/02 14:34:58
OS : Windows 7 [6.1 Build 7600] (x64)

Getting similar write but slower read,how so?

Don't know much about RAID 0, but from the bit I've read on wikipedia. I would strongly recommend not using it. While the extra performance seems nice, it seems too unstable to be worth it. Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm willing to learn. :)