RAID 0 performance question

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I don't have any programs that use large files other than Photoshop Elements and I'm talking less than 3 or 4MB's. So would I see a performance boost with running RAID 0?

And currently I don't play games and don't plan too.
 
splash said:
I don't have any programs that use large files other than Photoshop Elements and I'm talking less than 3 or 4MB's. So would I see a performance boost with running RAID 0?

And currently I don't play games and don't plan too.
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This is a touchy subject. You'll get alot of different opinions.

People look at synthetic benchmarks and say RAID 0 is the greatest thing ever.

Real world benchmarks show a very different story. Other than writing large files. Much much larger than you would be working with, RAID 0 does nothing for real world performance over a good single drive. In some cases it can be slightly slower, in others slightly faster. On average it's no faster.
I have ran a RAID 0 setup and my own personal tests show no performance difference over a single drive. And real world tests are all that matters.
 
For every day tasks, the expense and added complexity are usually not worth dealing with RAID 0.

Don
 
Thanks guys!

I have 2 WD Black 640GB's and I think I'll just run RAID 1 to cover my butt on drive failure. I hate the downtime if a drive dies and I have had that happen a time or too!
 
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