RAID 0 - Used it before?

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Have any of you used a RAID 0 setup on Vista or XP before?

Is it worth it!?
 
Yes, for about the past six or seven years.

Currently have RAID 0 setups on both XP & Vista machines.

Definitely worth it using either WD Raptor or Seagate Cheetah drives.

Only very slight performance gain using ordinary hard disks.

I have the setup detailed in my sig and two Samsung 120Gb SATA 1 HDD's working together as a 240Gb drive on my XP machine.

The only reason I went for RAID 0 with the vanilla flavour HDD's is that they were lying around it seemed like a good idea at the time.
 
floppybootstomp said:
Yes, for about the past six or seven years.

Currently have RAID 0 setups on both XP & Vista machines.

Definitely worth it using either WD Raptor or Seagate Cheetah drives
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Well I haven't got one of those drives.

floppybootstomp said:
Only very slight performance gain using ordinary hard disks.
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How much we talking?


floppybootstomp said:
I have the setup detailed in my sig and two Samsung 120Gb SATA 1 HDD's working together as a 240Gb drive on my XP machine.

The only reason I went for RAID 0 with the vanilla flavour HDD's is that they were lying around it seemed like a good idea at the time.
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Yes this is something I am considering to adopt with the new machine and Vista. I would do Sata channel 1 and channel 2 as a RAID 0 and the rest as normal.

Sata Drive 3 exclusively for Linux (real swine I need a small drive for this)

4,5,6 all for pure storage...
 
psd99 said:
Well I haven't got one of those drives.
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Well tough **** :)

Go and buy a couple you tight git :)

Fagin said:
How much we talking?
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Negligible, almost, unless you count benchmarks as being akin to everyday real use.

PSD99 said:
Yes this is something I am considering to adopt with the new machine and Vista. I would do Sata channel 1 and channel 2 as a RAID 0 and the rest as normal.

Sata Drive 3 exclusively for Linux (real swine I need a small drive for this)

4,5,6 all for pure storage...
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Looking good.
 
Mon amis the raptors are not going to be bought because of my somewhat light wallet, I simply do not wish to stay awake all night. I can't accommodate some 747's in my room. :)

Negligible?

Right...... that should settle it!!! I was hoping for at the very least a quicker boot up time and perhaps quicker read/write times too much to ask and expect from RAID 0 Flopps?
 
psd99 said:
I was hoping for at the very least a quicker boot up time and perhaps quicker read/write times too much to ask and expect from RAID 0 Flopps?
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What is it with everybody wanting things to be lightening speed at boot-up..?
Honestly who fricking care wether it happens in 15sec 9r 3 minutes..Go make a cup of bl**dy tea if yer so impatient..Yes raid has fast read/write times..But seruously the average user on PCR or in the real w orlf wouldn't be able to tell that anything was been tonnes faster..Get over this boot up speed thing, tis not like the world will end if you can't boot in 0.0000000000023 of a second

P>S sorry fro the rant..
 
Presumably you'll be going for a fresh install so just try the RAID 0 and see what you think.

I hadn't considered faster boot time but I haven't really noticed much difference but there again I wasn't really looking for it.

I've used RAID 0 a lot over the years and I can honestly say I really haven't seen any noticeable difference in performance.

And as mentioned, somehow the Raptors really fly using RAID 0, faster and better than a single Raptor and also a RAID 0 setup with 7200 rpm disks.

You will see a difference if you run an ATTO benchmark though, the RAID config gives you better figures.

Set up a RAID 0, install your, OS, observe.

If you're not impressed, delete the RAID setup at boot and that will wipe both disks.

Then proceed to install in the normal way.
 
Madxgraphics said:
What is it with everybody wanting things to be lightening speed at boot-up..?
Honestly who fricking care wether it happens in 15sec 9r 3 minutes..Go make a cup of bl**dy tea if yer so impatient..Yes raid has fast read/write times..But seruously the average user on PCR or in the real w orlf wouldn't be able to tell that anything was been tonnes faster..Get over this boot up speed thing, tis not like the world will end if you can't boot in 0.0000000000023 of a second

P>S sorry fro the rant..
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Ooooooooooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Mr Grumpee :lol:

Go and have a couple of pints :)
 
floppybootstomp said:
Ooooooooooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Mr Grumpee
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Go and have a couple of pints :)
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Not grumpy at all Flopps, just get a bit tired of people complaing that their machines aren't fast enough at foing this or that..When quite honestly, and i'd bet my life on this, that nost users couldn't even use a pentium 4 to its full capabilty..
 
Madxgraphics said:
Not grumpy at all Flopps, just get a bit tired of people complaing that their machines aren't fast enough at foing this or that..When quite honestly, and i'd bet my life on this, that nost users couldn't even use a pentium 4 to its full capabilty..
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I am reminded of the serious Eagle in The Muppets ;)

Aye, different folks, different obsessions, c'est la vie, it's what makes the world go round :)

I'm currently ploughing through about 1000 reggae trax, looking to make a compilation CD or two of all the best ones.

I didn't know I had so much good stuff, shakin' my booty on the balcony and watched the sun go down.

Groovy :)
 
lol haha what is one of your professions again madx? mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Okay flopps if I got the EXACT same hard drives I will do a RAID 0 setup if not i'll stick to normal route. :)
 
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