Now I consider the average response times (latency) between a single SSD and Raid 0.



What I discover when I turn off the page file is that the average response time for a single SSD drops to the average level of an SSD Raid 0 array.

Turning off the page file in the Raid 0 array had no impact on average response times.

The average response times between a single SSD with no page file and an SSD raid 0 array are therefore of no significant difference.

My average queue depths remain in the same ball park figure regardless if I use a single SSD or a Raid 0 array.

Consequently there is no significant average variable to generate more IOPS between the two configurations, although as per post #94 I can't even use anywhere close to the IOPS I get from a single drive.

So no improvement on average latency or average queue depth with Raid 0 based on my storage demands.

Looking at the individual processes I ran none of them could utilise the max sequential read speed capability of my SSD. When running multiple processes together to try and reach the maximum sequential read speed capability of my SSD the CPU would max out.

Using Raid 0 did not improve the maximum sequential read speed of games or most other processes.

Using Raid 0 did however improve the maximum sequential write speeds for applications such as Photoshop.

Does all this sound right or am I making a mistake to focus on averages?