Quote Originally Posted by MassiveOverkill View Post
Thanks. I wish I had more time, I would have done tests with just 4, 3 and then 2 drives. I gotta get these VMWare laptop demos tweaked, but once I get an image done I'll try to do more tests.

I think once you're past 3 drives, you're pushing the law of diminishing returns. Wish I had a dedicated RAID card to see how much better they would do. Those tests were done without anything really optimized, but I was booting a seperate drive.
Awesome results man.

Here's to hoping Intel's ICH11R will have some more robustness and sack to it - specific to SSDs. It's just nice (convenient) NOT dealing with or buying RAID controllers, but as SSDs start to push the limits, most enthusiasts may not have a choice but to buy RAID controllers to get the full potential out of their storage. It's not a money issue for me, it's more of a PITA, long boot-times, possible compatability issue, not to mention some of the cards have loud fans and get hot as hell. I'm still trying to maintain a fairly silent PC here...