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RAID vs. High Performance SSD

Ryoutarou97
By Ryoutarou97
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So I was planning to use 2 or 3 SSDs (90gb HyperX 3k's since they're an odd size) as a fast boot RAID 0 volume with a slower but larger SSD for mass storage since I don't use too much space. Someone mentioned to me that RAID didn't really increase performance IRL which seemed... wrong. Is this true? If so, why do so many people use RAID 0?

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Raid 0 helps when you need faster sequential transfer speeds.

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Raid 0 helps when you need faster sequential transfer speeds.

 

 

Which in the real world, never really matters.

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RAID (0 in specific) does increase performance, but has some downfalls.

I would just get a 256GB drive, you won't get that slow boots still (fast tbh, just slow compared to 3 SSDS in RAID 0), and save money, and have a 66% chance (or something like that) less to lose your data.

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Which in the real world, never really matters.

It matters for those who need it. 

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I did this with my 2x 256GB 840 Pro's,...998/948 Read and Write, and a nice 500GB capacity for Windows/Games.

 

It's Great for "File Searching" type apps, like "Windows Search, Steam/Origin Repairs/Database apps and stuff like that"

 

However Windows, at its core, will not get any more responsive over any other fast single SSD, certain types of apps may have more benefit than windows itself does.

Windows boot can be a tad longer due to loading the Raid module from the UEFI/Bios, but this isn't a bit deal.

/And its not hard to have a backup of multiple Raided SSD's to another bigger mechanical, reducing the annoyance that comes with the higher risks of data loss over multiple drives.

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RAID SSDs can be handy. Although it depends on the situation. Don't use RAID solely for the reason of faster boot times. The RAID initialization takes a few extra seconds that cancels the benefit in boot times. That said, if you use programs that require a large amount of data reading, it becomes nice to have. For me, Battlefield 3 is a good example. I have that on my RAID SSDs, and the loading time decrease is very significant. I presume heavy programs such as Photoshop will benefit. Possibly most importantly (As seen by Linus), working with extremely high quality video can be much faster with a RAID SSD system.

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