Quote Originally Posted by GullLars View Post
It depends on the usage pattern you're going for. The SSDs with Intel, SandForce, and Marvel (C300) controllers are much better suited for OS and apps (system drive) because of their low responsetime, they're also better suited for databases and servers depending on IOPS.
The SSD based on JMF612/618 (618 is also called Toshiba controller, since it's made to work with Toshiba flash) are very good at price pr GB and throughput, while delivering sufficient IOPS (3-5K each). This makes them worth considering for huge games, VMs, and scratch-disk (partition for data being worked on) for various workstation uses.
If you were to make a RAID of 4 or more JMF612/618, performance would also be good for OS and programs.
JMF612/618 are the 425V i think. It's the newest series often marked as G2 or gen2.
I mostly run office programs and more importantly - blueprint takeoff software - lots of file transfers and conversions. I currently have Windows 7 on two Intel 40's in raid 1 with 2 Intel 80 GB drives not raided for data and programs. Given what you said I'm leaning towards ditching the 40 gb Intels ( headed for some laptops) and getting one additional 80 gb Intel and run the 3 in a raid 5 setup. I backup every night but my data is crucial to my business - that's the thinking for the raid 5. Also have a couple of HDD's that are used for storage and backups in the system.

Does this seem logical or am I missing something here??