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    Raid 0 write cache enable...

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Turmoil, Sep 19, 2010.

  1. Turmoil

    Turmoil Notebook Evangelist

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    So I set up my raid 0 with dual Scorpio black drives at a 128kb stripe size. I read about the performance gains from enabling 'write to cache' but I have 3 concerns:

    1. If enabled, and my comp freezes and I have to do a hard reboot, I will loose whatever is in the cache. Correct?
    2. Is loosing this data welcoming BSODs, and going to cause an eventual forced reformat?
    3. Are the performance gains worth the risk? And I read that it's not good to enable write to cache if I do a lot of gaming.

    Thanks in advance for your help.
     
    Turmoil, Sep 19, 2010
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  2. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    running raid 0 with any kind of cache that isn't battery backed on the controller is a disaster in waiting.
     
    newsposter, Sep 19, 2010
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