Thread: 2 ssd raid 0
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Old 05-20-2012, 01:23 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube View Post
RAID 0 means that the two drives are configured together as a one storage array. The computer thinks they are a single drive but you theoretically get up to twice the performance.
Or the same performance using lower cost, lower performance parts working in parallel, which is an intriguing option with cheaper, larger, slower SSD drives, since no matter what you get the big benefits of lower latency and mechanical reliability.

The I in RAID originally meant inexpensive, something that a lot of people forgot along the way.
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