I have an interesting question for all us owners of Intel X58 chipset architecture (for example my motherboard X58A-UD7 rev2) who have to choose between putting their SSD on either:
- Intel ICH10R Sata2 with TRIM but bottlenecked at ± 270mb/s
- Marvell 9128 Sata3 without TRIM no bottlenechs untill ±570 mb/s
Two scenarios pop up into mind when on tight budget (not in the mood for any raid controllers)
SCENARIO A ("stuffing of the goose")
4 x moderately fast SSDs (270+ mb/s read & 270mb/s write), together as raid0
using the Intel ICH10R sata2 channels, together summing up around 1000 mb/s read/write speeds
cloning of the entire virtual disc once a month
SCENARIO B ("one really fast pigeon")
1 x blazing fast SSD (550+ mb/s read & 500+ mb/s write) as a single SSD of 256 GB.
using the Marvell sata3 channel, providing around 500mb/s read/write speeds
Which of these two do you prefer and why?
- Intel ICH10R Sata2 with TRIM but bottlenecked at ± 270mb/s
- Marvell 9128 Sata3 without TRIM no bottlenechs untill ±570 mb/s
Two scenarios pop up into mind when on tight budget (not in the mood for any raid controllers)
SCENARIO A ("stuffing of the goose")
4 x moderately fast SSDs (270+ mb/s read & 270mb/s write), together as raid0
using the Intel ICH10R sata2 channels, together summing up around 1000 mb/s read/write speeds
cloning of the entire virtual disc once a month
SCENARIO B ("one really fast pigeon")
1 x blazing fast SSD (550+ mb/s read & 500+ mb/s write) as a single SSD of 256 GB.
using the Marvell sata3 channel, providing around 500mb/s read/write speeds
Which of these two do you prefer and why?