RAID 0 performance increases on Canterwood

[Tavoc]

What exactly is the performance increase of 2 Drives in RAID 0 on a Canterwood in comparison to just 1 Drive?

The reason I ask is because I am trying to decide wether to get 2 WD Raptors for my IC7 or save the money and just get 1 instead.

 

[bgeh]

in generalization of RAID 0, we can conclude that
access times increase due to latency, but Raptors have low access times to beat that
transfer rates increase, by a factor of almost x2

 

[Tavoc]

Thanks, but does anyone have specific figures on the WD Raptor?

 

[OverVolt]

See the Storage Review Main for details on WD Raptor vs other ATA/SCSI drives.

I don't think it has any articles on RAID vs Single... But no matter what RAID WILL give you a performance boost on loading, or HD intensive tasks. Like when i load games like BF1942 + CNC Renegade, and multiplayer maps, it's sooo much faster. It depends if you think it warrants the cost.

If your mobo has RAID 0 in SATA already, and u have the money, go for it!!! It's the setup i'm using right now. But i've never used a single Raptor setup before so i can't compare.

And the latency thing... i think it doesn't add a noticable amount of latency, much faster than any 7200rpm drive i've owned. Depends on what ur using for, and only you can really decide that.

Good luck!

 

[DynaOne]

If you look at the overall benchmarks on PCMAG.com - they did a test of desktop 875 systems and also of "gaming" systems (separate articles). Though its clear Raid0 will give significantly higher disk-only benchmarks - the overall benchmarks are hardly any different at all. Same ole story - as system is only as fast as its weakest link.

 

[OverVolt]

Yes, but RAID 0 makes the system feel a lot "zippier" if you know what i mean. Just everyday stuff is a little faster. Not something that will show in synthetic benchies.

 

[DynaOne]

Yes - I understand that software launch etc can feel faster - just have to weigh against the cost.