Raid 0, x2 SSD's

[EmptySoul]

Evening All,

 

Okay really really quick question. I have two SSD's in my system both around 500gb. A Samsung 850 Evo and some random off brand SK Hynix maybe you've heard of it but its new to me. I currently have them as separate drives, use the Samsung for OS, Games & Documents and the other one purely as a download drive. Files get downloaded onto the Hynix and then moved over to the media server. Should I convert them to Raid 0? that way I get the combined storage and a possible performance increase. I have nothing locally that can not be lost, just games and OS. I am aware of the risks with raid 0 but not the extent...

 

So my question is Does Raid 0 wear out disks FASTER than using them as a single drive?

 

 

Thanks,

[Lenovo1984]

They're already SSDs, do you really need them to be faster? If you already have stuff on them (your games and OS), you'll lose it all. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

SK Hynix... off brand? 

 

It's not worth it. You won't see much difference in real world performance, but you get all the issues that come with RAID 0. Only time RAID 0 is worth it is for scratch disks IMO. 

 

EDIT: Also, to put them in a RAID 0 array, you'll need to format both of them in the process. 

[COUPER MILLAR]

you will also get an increase in your boot time as the array has to load on each boot too. I currently have my OS on a raid 0 and plan to change for a single ssd in the near future.