Raid 0 SSD Real World

[Deleted member 210069]

I am looking at SSD drives (finally).

The two main contenders seem to be OCZ Vertex and Intel X-25.

1) 1x Intel ($225)
2) 2x OCZ Raid 0 ($300)
3) 2x Intel X-25 Raid 0 ($more than i want to spend)

I have seen screenshots of the drastic throughput increase on Raid 0s.

How does REAL WORLD performance increase when using Raid 0. This SSD will host OS, page, apps, and some games (the ones that will fit)?

 

[pjkenned]

At the end of the day, although the numbers are much higher, I am not seeing a real world performance benefit from raid 0.

http://www.servethehome.com/ocz-vertex-120gb-updated-raid-0-benchmarks-intel-rst

And I'm using Multiple Intel, Indilinx, Phison SSD's and one Samsung.

That being said, the sequential read speeds are getting very close to what the ICH10R can handle... and with only two drives.

 

[bhobba]

Two X25V is not much more than a single X25M. Check out:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3618/intel-x25v-in-raid0-faster-than-x25m-g2-for-250

And yes it is noticeable and worth while - but not as much as from going to a SSD from a HDD - actually no where near that - but still noticeable.

Thanks
Bill