Performance and storage size

[TenzoNakami]

As most of us know, SSDs are fast. Blazingly fast. But the downside is the cost per storage space. I myself do utilize 2 Samsung 850 PRO on a RAID 0.

More info on why I do RAID 0:

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It is not that I do not appreciate the speed of SSDs, I am still used to waiting for a hour long of installation when I was still rocking the Quantum Fireball. Yep, the 90's version.

The reason I do RAID 0 was because I ran out of space on the SSD and I do not want to sell this and get bigger one, but instead I just go buy the same type, same version, same models, same series (and I can keep on writing this until the world ends but I choose not to) and because (at the time) I can not afford to buy another 3 to do RAID10 (it cost me a whopping US$460 for each drives, so +- US$1500 for 3 drives or +- US$2000 for all of the SSD) so I decided to come down the path of RAID 0.

This RAID 0 setup is not in anyway are being used to run or store anything that is related to the Operating System. I do run the OS on Intel's 750 SSD.

 

Disclaimer first: I am not a tech geek and I am not in any way are experts on this stuff, also English isn't my mother language. So please bear with me.

 

I was thinking since my current RAID 0 setup is almost full (again), I need to think of a way to store all of those data in high speed with low cost. Since I also have 2 WD REDs currently rocking the system and I got a few HDD slot left, I was thinking if I could add a few more WD RED but somehow interfaced with a SSD (I got this idea from Linus's Canada Server video, if you haven't watched it, you probably should). I do some more research on the net, and it leads me to Intel's Smart Response Technology.

 

Anyone here ever used that? Or anyone here could help me by pointing me in the right way? Thanks in advance. Any feedbacks or suggestions are appreciated.

 

My system specs if you need it:

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i7 7700K @ 5.6GHz

ASUS Maximus IX CODE

64GB of RAM

a few GTX 1070

HX1200i