SSD's in a RAID

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Adamal

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Topic # 31267 11-Mar-2009 09:33

So, SSD's are pretty fast, and if you put 2 of them in a RAID0, if your controller is up to it, you can get double the performance!

So what if you use..... 24 SSD's?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs&fmt=22

Athlonite

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Reply # 202908 23-Mar-2009 22:16

ouch i watched that and thought my god my PC is a slow arse dog i couldn't believe it when they opened all 57 of the start menu items in 18.?? sec thats just ridiculously mad speed and copying a 700MB vid from one drive to another in .8 secs it gives the eyes blisters just watchin it

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Reply # 202918 23-Mar-2009 22:33

Athlonite: ouch i watched that and thought my god my PC is a slow arse dog i couldn't believe it when they opened all 57 of the start menu items in 18.?? sec thats just ridiculously mad speed and copying a 700MB vid from one drive to another in .8 secs it gives the eyes blisters just watchin it

Interestingly enough, this isn't because the drive is faster, although SSD's are, it's because the random seek times are 100 times faster, and this is what kills Vista and multitasking.

Funny enough I just read the following article. Take a deep breath as it's about 20 pages long but talks about every SSD drive on the market and the guy has done his research. Interesting stuff.

http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3531

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Reply # 202938 24-Mar-2009 00:24

+1 on the Anandtech SSD coverage, goes into heaps more detail than most other tech sites and lays down the facts on performance.