RAID0 or single drive ?

[I/O]

Whats better single 256GB SSD or 2x 120GB SSDs in RAID0

[kingdorian]

Single, there are already a ton of topic on this subject on this forum.

[I/O]

Single, there are already a ton of topic on this subject on this forum.

So I wont get increased performance like I would with HDD in RIAD0 ?

[Altecice]

RAID0 would give you better performance yes. But it comes with a whole lot of other troubles that's not worth the effort

[Superspeed07]

real world performance difference isn't worth it(which is basically none), just get the single drive and call it good

[I/O]

RAID0 would give you better performance yes. But it comes with a whole lot of other troubles that's not worth the effort

I never had any issues running RAID0 eccept blazing fast performance and double the capacity.

[I/O]

real world performance difference isn't worth it(which is basically none), just get the single drive and call it good

Ah that sucks.

[Superspeed07]

Ah that sucks.

 

Yeah I was thinking about doing the same thing but after some reading and then seeing this - tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485-10.html a single drive would be fine and slightly cheaper

[IdeaStormer]

RAID 0, its so much trouble I have every computer (workstation) in RAID 0, such an issue not one has failed and that's with HDD's since 2007.

 

You only get issues if you do braid dead things like power your computer off at random or get a hammer and beat on the drive, ok maybe if you throw thumb drives in the case it will also cause havoc.

 

In closing, its such a bad thing every motherboard chipset includes it, I guess your mobo manufactures want you to have issues :rolleyes:

[I/O]

RAID 0, its so much trouble I have every computer (workstation) in RAID 0, such an issue not one has failed and that's with HDD's since 2007.

 

You only get issues if you do braid dead things like power your computer off at random or get a hammer and beat on the drive, ok maybe if you throw thumb drives in the case it will also cause havoc.

 

In closing, its such a bad thing every motherboard chipset includes it, I guess your mobo manufactures want you to have issues :rolleyes:

I think most people that talk shit about RAID0 are ones that have never used it or did not set it up correctly.

[pjm0925]

I used 2 120's in RAID 0 on my work PC.  A few weeks ago I was in a conference call and my machine started throwing errors.  Some sort of unhandled exception window that kept popping up, so I finished out the meeting with an error message up, and once I clicked OK my PC bluescreened.  Turns out one of my drives had died.  Now I won't use that configuration on my work PC, but will on my gaming PC.

 

Moral of the story, evaluate your use case and decide if the risk is worth the possible problems.

[TheProfosist]

Since any new 128GB drive besides the 850 pro have shit performance get the single 256GB.

[IdeaStormer]

I used 2 120's in RAID 0 on my work PC.  A few weeks ago I was in a conference call and my machine started throwing errors.  Some sort of unhandled exception window that kept popping up, so I finished out the meeting with an error message up, and once I clicked OK my PC bluescreened.  Turns out one of my drives had died.  Now I won't use that configuration on my work PC, but will on my gaming PC.

 

Moral of the story, evaluate your use case and decide if the risk is worth the possible problems.

 

So when you go to a single drive (non-RAID) and that fails will you then stop using drives all together? :huh:

[pjm0925]

So when you go to a single drive (non-RAID) and that fails will you then stop using drives all together? :huh:

 

No, the point is you increase the chance of this happening when using 2x drives.

[IdeaStormer]

No, the point is you increase the chance of this happening when using 2x drives.

 

Wow, can't wait to see what you do if your processor or GPU goes belly up.

[Akolyte]

I'd recommend 1, technically 2x 120GB drives depending on what ones you get might be faster but if you get one 250GB drive you can get another later on and raid 0 them.  

 

I've had raid 0 for a while now, no problems at all.  

 

Of course, Raid 0 or not you still HAVE to make as much backups.  

[I/O]

No, the point is you increase the chance of this happening when using 2x drives.

If your scared to upgrade and try different things than don't do it. I well I will enjoy better speeds and capacity using RAID0.