Samsung SSD's in RAID 0

[Jim Morbid]

Nice performance but going to stick to high cache normal drives :p

JM

[I_G]

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you plan to try with hardware raid controllers too or just onboard ICH9R ?

Just the onboard ICH9R. Sure would be fun to bench them with an Areca controller, though...

[berk]

Really impressive results,is the Areca a dedicated SSD RAID controller or SSD/SATA?

[Buckeye]

Yeah you should really look into a ARC-1231ML to run with those. I like those drives tho. I am interested in how well they will hold up tho. I am using MTRON PROs which they claim are rated for server operation and a 5 year warranty.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=185677

Here is my setup in Raid 0



After a major crash on my main working rig last week and found myself unprepared backup wise, Ouch ! Didn’t turn out that bad I am not sure what actually happened with the rig, could be hardware or something like that. I am going through all the equipment on a test bench to try and figure that out atm.

But I needed a machine up and running for work. So the new rig which has been waiting for cooling and has been running in stock setup was commissioned as the new work/play rig. It has no OC yet.

This machine is loaded with all my work apps, anti-virus (which was turned off for tests), the whole banana.

The SSD Raid was set to Raid 5 config for safety, I felt the need to do that after last weekend’s computer crash. I did take a hit on bandwidth but I have extra safety now, but to tell you the truth I can hardly notice any performance hit.

All in all it is running Xtremely well and very fast. Going from a Raid 0 and Vista boot time which was ~8-10 seconds, and now in Raid 5 and all apps loaded it takes about ~12 seconds. So still a very good boot time. Apps like Photoshop, Outlook, Paperport etc all load almost instant. I am very happy with this setup so far, I just need cooling to OC this beast.

First Raid benching

PCMark Vantage scored a 37057 on HDD Test Suite.

[1Tanker]

Sorry to hear about your data loss Buckeye. Question... were you one of the "I like RAID0..one of my drives won't die" type guys? I don't mean this in a disrespectful way... but many people think they're safe in RAID0, then get a wake-up call...such as your crash, etc. It sounds like you're gonna stick with RAID5 and enjoy a little more piece of mind? I'm just wondering, i've never used RAID.. and am getting very interested.. yet i've always been leery of RAID0 due to the doubled chance of data-loss vs. non-RAID. From your results, RAID5 sounds quite enticing though.

[Buckeye]

The Raid I was running was just 2x 74GB Raptors with OS and programs on it. I had "My Documents" and main data assigned to a second and third HD. So no real data lost. But having to reinstall everything on a new rig and get all that stuff up and running right in the middle of a very heavy work weekend was not fun hehe.

After I put the pieces of the old main work rig on my Dimas table to trouble shoot I found it was memory failure, not HD's. At the time I did not know what the problems was tho.

But still for a machine I use so much for work with I decided that the SSD Raid should go into Raid 5 config and I now run Acronis on it which I like much better than my WHS.

But one main thing I must say about Raids, or at least my Raid setup.

If my new rig goes down, for just about any hardware failure, I can take out the ARC-1231ML with SSD's and install it in another new or rebulit computer and still use that Raid. <correct me if I am wrong here>

I did take a very strong look at Raid 0 tho., I think it's great for gaming rig and all that jaz, but for anything else take a very strong look at how you back things up and be ready for trouble.

I had thought that my Raptor Raid 0 was running pretty good, for that matter the whole machine was. But stuff happens thats for sure. For games I would have gone np, but for work it was painful. Even tho my problem turned out to not be with my Raptors, it very easly could have been.

And shoot the SSD's still perform Xtremely well even in Raid 5

[crosshairs]

Man, thats some serious speed

[Lestat]

ok nice benchmarks but how about lets start talking about REAL PERFORMANCE.

windows load time
application load time
large file open time (such as very large raw files in photoshop)
game loading
VANTAGE LOADING
other various hard drive intensive things.
something like, open IE or firefix, open about 15-20 tabs (various websites) close it, but tell it to reopen tabs next time you start the program. firefox is dog for multiple tabs reopening.
large picture thumbnail viewing. (folder full of highres pictures, change view to thumbnail and see how long it takes compared to a regular drive)

[Buckeye]

Here is a PCMark Vantage of my setup