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AdmiralP · 5/8/2012

In the next couple of weeks I am going to rebuild my gaming rig. I have never run a RAID configurati

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DABhand posted on May 09, 2012 12:14:03 PM - Report post

For a RAID 10 to out perform a 520MB/s SSD drive it will probably need a huge array of 10 drives or more, depending on the speed of the drives.

At the moment SATA 2/3 drives will always offer the best speed/reliability/cost solution (i.e. all 3 factors tied together, they aren't the fastest).

The best SSD on the market is a PCI-e card and they are very expensive.

Don't forget if you are rich and you want to show off, you can get 4 SSDs at 256GB each and put them in a RAID 10 :P

[Edited by DABhand, 5/9/2012 12:15:51 PM]

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AdmiralP posted on May 09, 2012 3:47:19 PM - Report post

Looks like I need to become rich! Thanks for the info DABhand.

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Javel1n posted on May 10, 2012 1:45:09 AM - Report post

dont ever to use RAID 0 as storage

mine fail and all file gone.

Use RAID 0 as performance only, like for windows and games

Store your data at another HDD, and not raid HDD

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64 posted on May 17, 2012 1:41:17 PM - Report post

I just know about RAID 0 & RAID 1,i read about these in my school book.

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DABhand posted on May 17, 2012 4:22:29 PM - Report post

Raid 10 is Raid 1+0

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Lord Vader posted on May 18, 2012 11:16:44 AM - Report post

quote:

originally posted by DABhand

For a RAID 10 to out perform a 520MB/s SSD drive it will probably need a huge array of 10 drives or more, depending on the speed of the drives.

At the moment SATA 2/3 drives will always offer the best speed/reliability/cost solution (i.e. all 3 factors tied together, they aren't the fastest).

The best SSD on the market is a PCI-e card and they are very expensive.

Don't forget if you are rich and you want to show off, you can get 4 SSDs at 256GB each and put them in a RAID 10 :P

[Edited by DABhand, 5/9/2012 12:15:51 PM]

thank u. that was very informative. 4 SSDs in a RAID 10 configuration sounds perfect. i had been mulling that for a while now just wasn't sure if it was technically do-able.

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64 posted on May 19, 2012 5:41:36 AM - Report post

quote:

originally posted by DABhand

Raid 10 is Raid 1+0

Realy???

+Performance
+Stability

very good,best for me...

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