What's better?

[Ozz1113]

I have two Deskstar's in raid 0. I certainly see an increase in speed. HL2 loads a hell of a lot quicker than my WD caviar. Probably 30-50%.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: rod
What about RAID 1+0? Anyone had any experience with these?

RoD

It's the safe version of RAID 0.

On a real controller, yes performance can actually best RAID0. Of course four disks are required and the 50% overhead is hard to swallow. (as is with RAID1).

True RAID10 is what you want but that only exists in the SCSI world. A few SATA controllers may do it (LSi) however the firmware implication is unknown unless they really support this like their SCSI stuff does.

Getting back to topic at fist: 16MB cache may improve performance but honestly one is not going to feel it unless you're running SiSoft every day. RAID0 is rather task specific too. Any current gen ATA disk is going to be plenty fast for most desktop use. If you have a specific task then other options are available that are geared towards that use to improve storage performance.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Originally posted by: RaiderJ
Either would probably only affect your practical gaming experience by a very small amount. Between those two choices I'd go with a Raptor over a RAID setup.

OMG why do people keep saying this BS! THE RAPTORS ARE NO LONGER WORTH IT!!! Just look at the most recent Anandtech review The raptor doesn't even win in all the tests anymore. In fact most of the tests show a mere .5 sec - 2 sec. difference beween the slowest and fastest drives. (Except for the Samsung in the Copy Folder test). $250 for a 74GB drive or spend a little more and get a 400 or 500GB drive with only a 1 sec. penalty? That choice looks like a no-brainer. Plus in the gaming section the raptor was only 2 sec. faster in loading a level while in DOOM 3 it was almost 20 sec. slower!

 

[Jpark]

up for night crowd

 

[ribbon13]

Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
OMG why do people keep saying this BS! THE RAPTORS ARE NO LONGER WORTH IT!!!

http://storagereview.com/articles/200512/WD740GD-00FLC0_1.html