m17x Raid Configurations

Hello All,

So I talked to one of the sales people about the RAID0 configurations asking if it was hardware or software... The sales guy said he had to look it up and said it was hardware. The reason I ask if I RAID0 two SSDs software will not handle that much date (or so I believe). Can anyone confirm that its even worth getting 2 SSDs in a RAID0? Or if its hardware or not?


Thanks!

 

I would assume its a hardware RAID-0. After all, its simpler in the long run.

 

Definitely would be, I guess the real question is if anyone has been brave enough to put some really good SSDs in a RAID0. Even though, from what i have read a SSD is basically a RAID0 of smaller chips. But my thought is if you can double the read/write speeds... epic?

 

Yes. Epic to the point where you cannot possibly use the speed that they'll run at. That's why I prefer one SSD for OS, games, and apps, and a big, slow HDD for storage.

 

Well isn't the m17x R3 built for speeds you don't need? Lets face it, we are getting a monster!

Although your point is well taken. Most games running 32bit will probably max out, and anyways you mostly have to wait for other fools to catch up and load anyways.

but... it would be epic...

 

Someone around here was running two very fast SSDs in RAID0 a few months ago. He posted a CrystalDisk benchmark too. The speeds were insane.

 

Your doing a very bad convincing me not to

 

If you've got the money, by all means do it. All I'm saying is that after a certain point, the speed gains are negligible. Kind of like having 1000fps VS 2000fps. The human eye cannot possibly discern between the two of them (obvious exaggeration). Yes, the extra speed will show up in a disk benchmark. It should nearly double. Will you actually notice a program starting up one millisecond quicker? You can be the judge of that. Whatever you do, make sure to post before and after benchmarks, will ya!

 

haha will do, I plan to start on the standard disk and then bump to the raid0... but as always, starting off high with the non-upgradable mods are the first priority

 

RAID is controlled by intel rapid storage technology - software.
At least that's how it is on the r3.

 

I got this upgrade; went from single intel x25m (160Gb) to RAID0 config of two if this babies. Yes it's definitely faster looking at the benchmarks (seq read going from 250Mbs to 400+Mbs (mean of 435Mbs)
also the 4k reads got better but not with the same margins as seq read. (it now clocks around 20Mbs read to 40-50Mbs for write (all figures Crystalmark x64 and default JJB SSD tweaks)

practically it is noticable when loading large chunks of data (like in gaming) this is faster then on a single SSD not to mention traditional HDD's)

 

please don't do raid0 i had mine set that way and i lost everything after the mobo and video card was replaced. if you do it in raid 1 you get a mirrored drive

 

I'm leaning towards getting a M17x with a stock HDD, then swapping in an SSD (Think Vertex 2) and using the stock HDD as storage. Is there going to be two HDD slots in the computer, or do you have to order two HD's first?

 

Hate to hear that. Losing data sucks. As long as you properly back up there is little reason not to use raid-0 anymore. I think in your case an Image of your machine before the work was done was needed, that way it could have been restored when the board was replaced. It takes some experience/knowledge to be prepared. I've used raid 0 for years and never lost any data. Even though I've had drives fail.
Backup, backup, backup. Save your butt every time.