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    Raid 0 / raid 1 difference between Msi and Segar

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by kbk_997, Nov 4, 2015.

  1. kbk_997

    kbk_997 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi guys,

    Is raid 0 or raid 1 really worth?

    Also, I saw that Msi gt70s dominator pro-g220 with super raid 4 has the speed up to 3300mb/s; but Segar NP8678-S with raid 0 has a speed up to 2200mb/s.
    I mean, what's the difference between them?
     
    kbk_997, Nov 4, 2015
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    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    Unless you tell us your workflow and expected performance, the difference between them is marketing BS...

     
    tilleroftheearth, Nov 4, 2015
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    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    upto 3300 MB/S? Pure marcketing gimmick. That speed, if ever achieved under the best case scenario is for sequential read/write, let's say you are copying a huge multiple GB video file or what not.

    What really matters is the 4K performance, that determines the OS snappiness as what you would usually be using in an OS and stuff are small tiny files, hence the 4K is the real world speed that you can feel in terms of speed and RAID or not doesn't seem to improve the 4K speeds.

    Now regarding the difference of RAID 0 vs RAID 1 =

     
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    kbk_997 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for explaining that.
    Now I understand the difference between RAID 0 and RAID 1, but I still confuse should I use that or not.
    As a gaming laptop,(Msi MT72S Dominator Pro, Segar NP8678-S, Gigabyte P37X V4/V5), I am confuse should I configure the RAID 0 or not. If the answer is yes, RAID 0 in m2.SATA SSD or HDD?
    As the vedio mentioned, RAID 0 require two disks. One of my SSD will be used for OS, the other SSD will be used for storage, same as the HDD. In this case, should I put RAID 0 in SSD?
    I guess we shouldn't put any games and audio files in the OS disk, so why do I need RAID 0 in in SSD?
     
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    Ha, read my rant here from another post:

    To add to this original post too, RAID 1 isn't even that much needed. Just have a regular backup plan unless you absolutely need real-time backup, even then RAID 1 doesn't protect against a virus or malware attack since both drives would be infected. SSD and hard drive failures do happen, but are rare, and having a regular backup solution you should be back up and running in no time.

    Factory implementation of RAID 0 is a gimmick, pure and simple. It gains nothing. They would have been better off offering an SSD twice the size and leave an SSD slot free for the user to upgrade as they choose.
     
    HTWingNut, Nov 6, 2015
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    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    No, don't raid SSDs. You're not going to get any real world benefit (as in zero, zilch). But you WILL introduce a lot of unnecessary complexity and risk for zero benefit.

    The only reason manufacturers raid SSDs from the factory is for marketing to the uneducated consumer. "Up to 3300MBps" is a bigger number, so it must automatically be better. But anyone who is educated in raid will know this is complete BS, aimed at misleading uneducated buyers.

    And no, you are incorrect that you can't / shouldn't put games or audio files on the OS SSD. If you have the storage capacity to store everything you need, then it doesn't matter. You're making things too complicated on yourself.

    The only time when you need to start worrying about where to put content is if you have more content than will fit on a single drive.

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    kent1146, Nov 7, 2015
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