SSD and RAID

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Nathn

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Hey guys.

I know literally nothing about what I think I am looking into, RAID. Is this the combination of ssd's? I've currently got a corsair 128gig but finding it's not enough at the moment.

What are my options for a bigger C drive? am I going to have to get the same make and model of ssd I have now when combined for better performance? Am I better of starting fresh and just getting a 256gig or 480 gig ssd alone? How does it come up in my computer when ssd's are combined to be still part of one drive? Can anyone do a screen shot of this? Do people generally get more ssd's or just buy a bigger one and leave it with one?
 
most here would recommend getting one single large ssd as there is little performance gained by raiding them. How big a C drive are you after?? you mainly need the ssd for your opsys and important everyday programs. You can install everything else onto a mechanical drive for cheaper capacity.

now that said I like raid I love raid I raid whenever I can. I currently have 2 240GB in raid 0 and I love it shes blazing fast,
 
Like S_I_N says, you really don't need RAID, unless you going RAID1 for protection, with SSD drives. And setting up a RAID set could cause you to re-install Windows to get the drivers working and such. Best bet, just get yourself a larger SSD drive. Lot simpler. Most even come with some sort of imaging software to make it easy to tansfer your install to the new one...
 
I'm getting myself mixed up.. Whats the method called to combine ssd's? In my computer is it listed as one big drive with 2 or more ssd's? still as C: drive? What exactly is raid?
 
Raid comes in different types Raid 0 is where you use 2 drives as 1 basically so it shows as 1 drive (e.g if you have 2 120gb ssd's in raid 0 it will show the drive in windows as 240gb) but what the guys are saying is you might aswell get a bigger ssd i.e. 240gb to have as the c drive and boots everything from then get a 1tb mechanical drive to store everything on :)
 
http://www.icc-usa.com/raid-calculator.php

for basic information on Raid(s)

RAID Defined

RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. RAID is a method of combining several hard drives into one unit. It offers fault tolerance and higher throughput levels than a single hard drive or group of independent hard drives. RAID levels 0,1, 10 and 5 are the most popular.
The acronym RAID, originally coined at UC-Berkeley in 1987, stood for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks.
 
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