1 120gb SSD or 2 60gb in RAID 0

[greenhawk]

What if you're grossly overestimating SSD failure rates that result in data loss?

all I can say is that if you think data loss in raid 0 is only from the drives themselves, then I think someone is in for a possible surprise.

 

[greenhawk]

X 25m has a ridiculously low failure rate. With something like that,

True, but then not like the OP will pay extra for old tech. Most will get the cheapest they can find, which generally have the higher failure rates to start with.

 

[greenhawk]

Aren't the larger SSD's supposed to read and write faster than the smaller ones?

They are but you generally need to be comparing the 240GB drives with the 80GB ones to see how noticable it is. But even then, it depends on the application. The largest difference is in the incompressable writing tests though.

 

[bryanW1995]

True, but then not like the OP will pay extra for old tech. Most will get the cheapest they can find, which generally have the higher failure rates to start with.

Naw, you just have to keep your eyes open for good deals. From BF through early january, you could often buy intel 320 series ssd's up to 160gb for less than $1/gb AR. I'm hoping to get $.75/gb this year on BF for 240-256gb ssd's, or maybe $1/gb on a quality 6gb/s 240-256gb ssd.

 

[Sunburn74]

all I can say is that if you think data loss in raid 0 is only from the drives themselves, then I think someone is in for a possible surprise.

I don't quite get what you are insinuating.

 

[kbp]

Im with groberts on this one.
RAID-0 for me too.
I have - (3) Intel 320's 160gb running RAID-0 and a 750 spinner for storage.