Quote Originally Posted by Speederlander View Post
Actually I was going to ask you how the RAID 0 array "felt" in daily use. Is it a vast improvement or is the improvement limited to a few specific tasks?

I'm trying to decide on 2+ SSD drives in RAID 0 or one drive for OS + apps and leave it at that. The cost difference between the two is, obviously, very large. So is the improvement worth the extra $1600 it would cost for a controller plus the second drive? That $1600 can go to a lot of other hardware if it isn't going to this. Additionally, I could save even more and funnel that money if I went velociraptor for OS + apps. But I am willing to spend the money if the benefit is really that vast. I'm not yet convinced it is.
Well I can say this... it is freaking fast ! This is the one area that will take a machine that has a great OC on it, and make it like 100x's better. I notice it a great deal.

Mine is a rather large SSD Raid and I can fit a huge amount of stuff on it. But if you a large amount of Photoshop or video work it would rock your world. It is pretty unbelievable.

In gaming zones load extremely fast.

I believe that DVnation has a 20% discount on the MTRON PROs going on now. I like these because they are classed as server usage and have a 5 year warranty. That was very important to me as I was concerned about wear leveling, I am not now.

There are other brands coming out there that might be pretty good. Be sure to research them before buying.

The benefit is really that vast as the .1 access time is huge, that and the bandwidth you get from a Raid 0. I am very impressed with this Raid, but it came at a steep cost. Raptors are great and you can get some pretty good speeds out of them in a nice Raid and for the price of them you can’t go wrong either.

I am so lookig forward to getting a nice Phase Cooling setup for this rig to make this baby fly. That and a nice LN2 benching run would be great fun