RAID 0 SSD reliability?

[rcarlos243]

I am thinking of moving from 1x SSD (i store my os, games, and applications on it) to 2x SSD in a RAID 0 configuration.

 

 

The board I have is Asus z87i Deluxe and I am thinking of getting 2x Seagate 600 240GB SATA 6GB/s

The CPU i have is Intel Xeon E3 1230 V3 and have 8GB DDR3

 

 

 

my question is, how reliable are SSD's in terms of reliability on RAID 0:

-when you are in the middle of saving/moving data around and there is a power loss (electricity has gone out, accidentally tripping off the power cable on AC wall, etc...)

-ability to maintain performance (TRIM)

-DATA migration (like transferring or mirroring the data on RAID 0 array including the OS onto another single drive)

-host upgrade (complete upgrade of system unit which includes the motherboard, etc...)

-does RAID 0 array have more write amplification on the drives?

 

 

if I do decide to go with a RAID 0 configuration, should I go with hardware (in BIOS) or software solution?

what are the pros and cons?

[Ssoele]

I wouldn't, if 1 SSD falls out of the array, it could corrupt everything, just get a bigger one.

[qwertywarrior]

1. just dont have write cache enabled and also dont buy an SSD that has ram as cache unless it has a battery that can save its stuff back in the NANDs encase of  power loss

 

2. i believe it depends on the motherboard's chipset and also the controllers on the SSD (most modern if not all SSDs/motherboards already have that)

 

3.yeah thats possible  no problem ( just make an image (ISO) windows has a built in imaging software)

 

4.dont quote me on this but i believe raid 0 can survive a motherboard upgrade if its using the same sata controller but moving from z67 to z87 i think is not possible since they are a bit different

 

5.no

 

hardware raid is always better than software raid  im most scenarios if u already have the hardware

[IdeaStormer]

I am thinking of moving from 1x SSD (i store my os, games, and applications on it) to 2x SSD in a RAID 0 configuration.

 

 

The board I have is Asus z87i Deluxe and I am thinking of getting 2x Seagate 600 240GB SATA 6GB/s

The CPU i have is Intel Xeon E3 1230 V3 and have 8GB DDR3

 

 

 

my question is, how reliable are SSD's in terms of reliability on RAID 0:

-when you are in the middle of saving/moving data around and there is a power loss (electricity has gone out, accidentally tripping off the power cable on AC wall, etc...)

-ability to maintain performance (TRIM)

-DATA migration (like transferring or mirroring the data on RAID 0 array including the OS onto another single drive)

-host upgrade (complete upgrade of system unit which includes the motherboard, etc...)

-does RAID 0 array have more write amplification on the drives?

 

 

if I do decide to go with a RAID 0 configuration, should I go with hardware (in BIOS) or software solution?

what are the pros and cons?

 

Been running RAID 0 for OS/Prog's for over a year now and its fine and no problem or no problems over a non RAID setup.

1. Yanking the power during a write is going to screw you up RAID or no RAID, don't see you getting over it if its a lets say a windows patch to the OS on either, then again a write to a file or program, well that file or program will be hosed and you'll reboot again. There is no hard data on this. I can tell you I've hit freeze up situations where I have to hit the reset button and it all came up just fine, has happened several times just like it happens on non-RAID systems.

2. TRIM is going along fine, tests to the RAID array are still the same as far as performance. I don't skimp on writing to it but do back it up.

3. Data migration? If you mean coping off if it its fine and fast, you can mirror it or actually back it up but its not going to be a straight up bootable drive. Then again I have not tried it nor want to.

4. All depends on the OS, motherboard, RAID controller, there is no one answer. Doable, yes; worthwhile not really.

5. Write amplification? A write is a write and with RAID 0 you only write half the data to one drive, so write deamplification?

 

If hardware RAID works then use that if it doesn't then use software RAID, that is what decides it for me.

 

Don't be scared of it, it has existed for decades and many people use it, don't fall for the fear from those who have never enjoyed the speed improvements. As with all new things (to you) you need to test it out and play around and get comfortable with it before using it in your main setup day to day, as in don't just blindly believe what you read, test it out and kick the tires so to speak.