Solve : What needs to be exactly the same when when doing SSD RAID 0?

1.	Solve : What needs to be exactly the same when when doing SSD RAID 0?
Answer» First allow me to apologies if I am doing anything wrong with this post, as I am completely unfamiliar with chat rooms and forums and the like. (I am running win 7) I am currently using a Kingston 64GB ssd for my OS and programs, with a Toshiba 128GB ssd as my data storage (I also have two 500GB external HDs for movies and music). I am going to purchase another 64GB ssd or 128GB ssd and run them together in RAID 0. I know that they need to be the same size, but I don't know what else needs to be exactly the same ( ie read/write speed, cache size, information transfer format, etc.). Does anybody know? Also, if you have any other advise as to a configuration for these, please let me hear it. This is my first full computer build and I think I may have gone a bit overboard with this monster ($2000 US) but, it will be many years before I will ever have to worry about my computer not being able to do something that I ask of it. Thank you for your time.Many prefer to watch the movie instead of reading the book. Videos for RAID in Windows 7 WARNING.Do not go to site with blue disc. Just do then videos.Thank you for that link. I bookmarked it so that I can review it for tips later. One of the things that I am looking for is, people with more computer SAVVY than me giving me their opinions; such as...."I would set it up like .........., because..........." That way, if it was something that appealed to me, I might try it. Or it might give me a different IDEA or perspective.RAID has two major objectives. A. Make the system faster. B. Make the system reliable. If it is for you own use, and you make BACKUPS anyway, you can consider optimizing for speed alone. In theory, most RAID 0 setups can be configured with hard drives of different sizes from different manufacturers. However you will save yourself a lot of time and grief by using identical hard drives--meaning drives of the same make, model, and size.Quote from: Geek-9pm on January 09, 2011, 05:27:55 PM RAID has two major objectives. A. Make the system faster. B. Make the system reliable. If it is for you own use, and you make backups anyway, you can consider optimizing for speed alone. I'm not real worried about reliability at this point. However, I was so blown away at the difference between my old 2007 Acer w/ the basic 5200 rpm and my new SSD that I want to SEE what the difference would be with two of them working together in RAID 0. Quote from: Laurence Millward on January 09, 2011, 05:34:14 PM In theory, most RAID 0 setups can be configured with hard drives of different sizes from different manufacturers. However you will save yourself a lot of time and grief by using identical hard drives--meaning drives of the same make, model, and size. I never knew that you could use different sizes for RAID 0. But, I do imagine (like you implied), that it would be more complicated. And not a headache that I would want to deal with right now. Thank you for your input.My train of thought right before I posted this question was," This SSD is amazing. Even with the extra 15 seconds that added to my start-up, windows loads and is ready to go in under 30 seconds. I wonder what it would be like if I ran two of them together in Raid 0? I could make my hard drive almost twice as fast." I built my computer slowly, piece by piece, throughout 2010. In May 2010, I found a great deal on a 64GB SSD for $150, so I bought it. Two months later, I found another great deal, a 128GB SSD for $170, so I bought it. Last night, I was checking SSD's on the INTERNET and I found a 128GB SSD with a read speed of 285MB/s for a price of $210. I became curious as to what the read speed on my SSD's was. When I checked I discovered that it was only 120MB/s. Going by my original train of thought, here is the solution that I came up with..... Purchase the 128GB SSD with the read speed of 285MB/s Use it as my main hard drive with my OS and all of my programs Since 285MB/s is more than twice the speed of my currant SSD that has a read speed of 120MB/s, My question as to what my computer would be like if my hard drive was twice as fast, will be answered. I will use my slower 128GB SSD as a data disk. As for my slower 64GB SSD, I will reformat it. Reinstall, and update, my OS and programs. Disconnect it, and only reconnect it once in a while, in order to update the OS and programs. So that, if anything happens to my main hard drive, I can still use my computer. This way, I don't have to risk losing everything in RAID 0, and I won't be slowing things down in RAID 1. Thank you for your assistance in answering my question.

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First allow me to apologies if I am doing anything wrong with this post, as I am completely unfamiliar with chat rooms and forums and the like.
(I am running win 7) I am currently using a Kingston 64GB ssd for my OS and programs, with a Toshiba 128GB ssd as my data storage (I also have two 500GB external HDs for movies and music). I am going to purchase another 64GB ssd or 128GB ssd and run them together in RAID 0. I know that they need to be the same size, but I don't know what else needs to be exactly the same ( ie read/write speed, cache size, information transfer format, etc.). Does anybody know? Also, if you have any other advise as to a configuration for these, please let me hear it.
This is my first full computer build and I think I may have gone a bit overboard with this monster ($2000 US) but, it will be many years before I will ever have to worry about my computer not being able to do something that I ask of it.

Thank you for your time.Many prefer to watch the movie instead of reading the book.

Videos for RAID in Windows 7

WARNING.Do not go to site with blue disc. Just do then videos.Thank you for that link. I bookmarked it so that I can review it for tips later.
One of the things that I am looking for is, people with more computer SAVVY than me giving me their opinions; such as...."I would set it up like .........., because..........." That way, if it was something that appealed to me, I might try it. Or it might give me a different IDEA or perspective.RAID has two major objectives.
A. Make the system faster.
B. Make the system reliable.

If it is for you own use, and you make BACKUPS anyway, you can consider optimizing for speed alone. In theory, most RAID 0 setups can be configured with hard drives of different sizes from different manufacturers. However you will save yourself a lot of time and grief by using identical hard drives--meaning drives of the same make, model, and size.Quote from: Geek-9pm on January 09, 2011, 05:27:55 PM

RAID has two major objectives.
A. Make the system faster.
B. Make the system reliable.

If it is for you own use, and you make backups anyway, you can consider optimizing for speed alone.

I'm not real worried about reliability at this point. However, I was so blown away at the difference between my old 2007 Acer w/ the basic 5200 rpm and my new SSD that I want to SEE what the difference would be with two of them working together in RAID 0.

Quote from: Laurence Millward on January 09, 2011, 05:34:14 PM

In theory, most RAID 0 setups can be configured with hard drives of different sizes from different manufacturers. However you will save yourself a lot of time and grief by using identical hard drives--meaning drives of the same make, model, and size.

I never knew that you could use different sizes for RAID 0. But, I do imagine (like you implied), that it would be more complicated. And not a headache that I would want to deal with right now.
Thank you for your input.My train of thought right before I posted this question was," This SSD is amazing. Even with the extra 15 seconds that added to my start-up, windows loads and is ready to go in under 30 seconds. I wonder what it would be like if I ran two of them together in Raid 0? I could make my hard drive almost twice as fast."

I built my computer slowly, piece by piece, throughout 2010. In May 2010, I found a great deal on a 64GB SSD for $150, so I bought it. Two months later, I found another great deal, a 128GB SSD for $170, so I bought it. Last night, I was checking SSD's on the INTERNET and I found a 128GB SSD with a read speed of 285MB/s for a price of $210. I became curious as to what the read speed on my SSD's was. When I checked I discovered that it was only 120MB/s.

Going by my original train of thought, here is the solution that I came up with.....

Purchase the 128GB SSD with the read speed of 285MB/s
Use it as my main hard drive with my OS and all of my programs
Since 285MB/s is more than twice the speed of my currant SSD that has a read speed of 120MB/s, My question as to what my computer would be like if my hard drive was twice as fast, will be answered.
I will use my slower 128GB SSD as a data disk.
As for my slower 64GB SSD, I will reformat it. Reinstall, and update, my OS and programs. Disconnect it, and only reconnect it once in a while, in order to update the OS and programs. So that, if anything happens to my main hard drive, I can still use my computer.
This way, I don't have to risk losing everything in RAID 0, and I won't be slowing things down in RAID 1.

Thank you for your assistance in answering my question.

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