OCZ Vertex recommendation

1x 60b

This way you will have TRIM support, and dont have to mess with RAID.
 
You'll get better performance out of the RAID array but you'll lose TRIM support (for now), kind of a personal decision really. I'd go w/the 60GB drive just to save myself some headaches in the long run. I don't know if the code SNCOCZ works w/the 60GB drives but it knocks off $10 on the 30GB drives for me right now (comes out to $85 AR, $10 less than the 60GB AR unless the code works on it too).
 
It looks like the 30gb you can use the 1.4 firmware that has TRIM. Am I correct?
 
Impulse said:
You'll get better performance out of the RAID array but you'll lose TRIM support (for now), kind of a personal decision really. I'd go w/the 60GB drive just to save myself some headaches in the long run. I don't know if the code SNCOCZ works w/the 60GB drives but it knocks off $10 on the 30GB drives for me right now (comes out to $85 AR, $10 less than the 60GB AR unless the code works on it too).
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I almost bit to the 2x30gb Vertex, especially after you provided the promo code, but I was going to not be able to submit 2 rebates so I opted for the 60gb instead.

Is TRIM really that necessary? I might end up revisiting the RAID 0 idea down the road with another 60gb Vertex.
Does anyone know where Intel stands with their RAID driver update implementing TRIM?

Thanks for everyone's comments and suggestions.
 
TRIM is pretty important to maintain the performance of your SSD over the long haul, without it you'll see significant performance degradation after most of the SSD has been written to (which will happen regardless of whether you fill it up or not, due to the wear leveling algorithms). RAID drivers that support TRIM should show up eventually, I don't think Intel nor anyone else has come out and said they won't update their drivers for TRIM support, but I've no idea what the holdup has been either.
 
For OCZ drives, they do offer the option of Garbage Collection for Raid. Their GC has most of the same long-term performance preservation impacts as TRIM. I use it on a 4xVertex 30G array and and there has been no measurable performance drop since I enabled it.
 
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