SSD RAID 0 Performance with SATA II

va4leo · Oct 24, 2010

Hi!

I think i have made a mistake. i read a post a long while back saying that Sandforce SSDs are able to run in RAID0. Ever since, i have been wanting to upgrade.

I have now sold my Samsung SSD and bought 2 OCZ Vertex 2.

Spoke to a friend just as i waas formatting the old SSD and he said that I will get a maximum of 300MBps in RAID0 with my motherboard. Is this true?

I know i should have asked here before i purchased, however, the thought did not cross my mind!!

So, is it worth me putting them in RAID 0 (i.e. Will i get the 400+ MBps?) or should i just put the second one into the Laptop?

THANKS!

erocker · Oct 24, 2010

va4leo said:
Will i get the 400+ MBps?

No, you should get 500+ MBps.

AsRock · Oct 24, 2010

As erocker said you should see the boost as your not using one sata port but two. I get a tad over 500Mbs with mine.

n-ster · Oct 24, 2010

vertex 2 50gb + 60gb RAID 0... both on the SATA II ports of my mobo, idk why it messed up on the 1024, usually doesn't

newtekie1 · Oct 24, 2010

SATA is 300Mbps per port. RAID0 with 2 drives uses 2 ports, so a theoretical maximum of 600Mbps.

va4leo · Oct 24, 2010

Amazing. setting it up now. Thank you all for the answers.

mlee49 · Oct 24, 2010

You may need to install the Intel Matrix Storage Manager(if your using a ICH10R chipset. Also check to see if write back cache is enabled.

500MB/s is blazing fast, just make sure to back up everything I've had 3 arrays drop out unexpectedly.

va4leo · Oct 24, 2010

mlee49 said:
You may need to install the Intel Matrix Storage Manager(if your using a ICH10R chipset. Also check to see if write back cache is enabled.

500MB/s is blazing fast, just make sure to back up everything I've had 3 arrays drop out unexpectedly.

I only install my games on the SSD setup. If i lose, anything, its all backed up online / on backup disc.

Reading at 536MBps with HD_Speed. Modern Warfare 2 took 1 min 35 seconds to install from an Image. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

va4leo · Oct 24, 2010

Another quick question good people.

Partitioning the SSDs that is already in RAID0, good idea? bad idea? Will the performance deteriorate? If so, what time frame?

I thought, OS on one partition and the games on the other.

newtekie1 · Oct 24, 2010

No point in partitioning it.

AsRock · Oct 25, 2010

va4leo said:
Another quick question good people.

Partitioning the SSDs that is already in RAID0, good idea? bad idea? Will the performance deteriorate? If so, what time frame?

I thought, OS on one partition and the games on the other.

Had no issue's with mine although only make mine 50%\50% or less for second partition so no 30%\70%

newtekie1 said:
No point in partitioning it.

Not true makes life easier keeping your games installed on another partition and come format they don't get touched

. Let alone less wear due to formatting the whole drive over and over.

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