Best SSD Raid for me?

[HelioX]

I have two Intel X25-M 80GB SSDs and four Intel X25-V 40GB SSDs.

I'd like to use the two M's in Raid 0 and the four V's in Raid 5 for backup of system images/data. (I don't need much space). However, I want speed and fast boot times for Win 7.

Thoughts?


Sidenote: Currently only running one M and 4 V's in Raid 5. When I try to enable Superfetch (it's disabled somehow), I get error code 2. I've done a repair via command prompt and deleted all of the .pf files somewhere..still no joy. Intel SSD Toolbox reports my single SSD as a dual-drive system. The V's are on SATA ports 1234. I have the M on 5, with 6 empty. My CD drives are connected to my two SATA 6 ports (no raid controller).

My mobo supports 0/1/5/10/JBOD.

 

[blackhawk777]

I have two X25-M 80GB drives (G1) in raid 0 for my system drive and they are blazing fast. Not sure about your other V drives though because I was under the impression that raid 5 was a bad idea without a dedicated controller due to speed / resource restrictions, but maybe the SSDs would negate part of that issue.

 

[HelioX]

Intel X25-V 40GB SSD 4 disk RAID 5:

Single Intel X25-M 80GB SSD:

Will post Intel X25-M SSD 2 disk Raid 0 when my next one arrives.

 

[HelioX]

Bump - Do my numbers look OK despite the superfetch error? Trying to decide if I should bother using a system image when transitioning to the Raid 0 array, rather then a re-install since it will then be a "two disk system" like Intel SSD Toolbox says it is and superfetch won't matter, right?

Would anyone do anything differently with the allotted number/size of the SSDs?

 

[HelioX]

Bump

 

[Damar]

Imaging and SSD's can be trouble if you aren't careful. Mess up the alignment somehow and you could cause yourself no small amount of grief.

 

[munkle]

Honestly unless you need sheer speed, I wouldn't do raid with ssds, they are tons faster than mechanical drives. If I were you I would get one drive and see if it is fast enough and if you need it to be faster then get two.