SSD RAID Awesomeness

Tiber Septim · 03-10-2009, 11:29 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs&fmt=22

Do want!

I've got the POWAH!!!

**pharoah** · 03-11-2009, 12:04 AM

yeah that would be wicked.holy crap though imagine the cost of the ssd's alone hehehe.

Tiber Septim · 03-11-2009, 02:41 AM

The storage would be worth more than the whole PC. =)
Those sort of drives run about $600 - $700AUS.
$600 x 24 = $14400 AUS.
Holy expensive storage Batman!

Indoril Nerevar · 03-11-2009, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Tiber Septim

Those sort of drives run about $600 - $700AUS

I'd like to meet your supplier! From what I've seen, 250GB SSD's aren't available from all suppliers, and they're about $1000+ when you do find them. More common are the 32GB and 64GB varieties, ranging from about $200 - $600 per drive.

I'd love to have that setup though. Even just 2 or 4 of those drives in RAID would be awesome.

Mcninjaguy · 03-11-2009, 03:59 PM

I love how all the SSD drives are held in CD rack ghetto styling

that's ridiculously fast!

and dual CPU's too thats an expensive comp
but they never showed the graphics card ***!

Tiber Septim · 03-11-2009, 04:14 PM

My bad. I was thinking of 128Gb versions. Yep the 250Gb models are $1000 to $1500. So that's easily $24000 just for storage.

I repeat. Holy expensive storage Batman!

Edit: Ninja, I think the guy was running 2x HD 4870X2's in Crossfire. They didn't show it for very long though.

Mcninjaguy · 03-11-2009, 04:21 PM

ok that makes sense I',m gonna have a look again

I only saw 1 4870X2 but getting 2 of them wouldn't be much more since the SSD drives are ridiculously expensive

**Aus_Karlos** · 03-12-2009, 03:32 AM

Looks amazing. I was thinking of getting 64GB SSD. But then i realized that Steam (+ Steam games) would not fit on it.
It would be wicked quick loading speeds for games. But at the moment im happy with the speed im currently getting. TF2 loads from Desktop to map in 10secs... :D

**RockmasteR** · 03-12-2009, 07:43 PM

super fast!!!
but on other hand, look at the mess and all the cables!!! if I brought this at home, my mom will throw both me and that PC

Mcninjaguy · 03-12-2009, 09:49 PM

truly if you wanted a beast like that machine you would either have to massively mod a full tower case or build your own case

**RockmasteR** · 03-13-2009, 05:45 AM

yep and a 10.000 of pure green money

**Aus_Karlos** · 03-19-2009, 07:26 AM

This is tempting. Im thinking of buying a 32GB SSD and move Vista/pagefile over to it. With a max power output of 150mW on full load and 250mb/s its pretty good.
But at the moment im having trouble finding the correct SSD (In Australia). Most of them are for laptops as they state a 5v line input.

Are you able to RAID the drives together?

Tiber Septim · 03-19-2009, 07:37 AM

As far as I know you can RAID them.
Staticice doesn't turn up much.

There's this Intel one for ~$800
Or a 80Gb Intel one for the same price, but it is an MLC. Slower and shorter lifetime.

Most of the cheaper ones are 100Mb/s read, 80Mb/s write.

Mcninjaguy · 03-19-2009, 04:44 PM

I don't understand how raid works

how does it make the drive seek times so much faster? do write speeds add up together?

Indoril Nerevar · 03-19-2009, 04:49 PM

In a RAID-0 configuration, data (files) are spread across all drives, so when the system goes to read a file, multiple drives work together to access it, which increases speed (works the same way for writing data). A RAID-0 configuration is to a normal hard drive setup what a quad-core CPU is to a single-core.

There are also other RAID configurations, such as RAID-1. RAID-1 mirrors data across the multiple drives. Then, if one drive fails, there is at least one fully-functional backup drive at all times.

Mcninjaguy · 03-19-2009, 04:51 PM

sounds pretty sweet!

thanks for the simple explanation Indoril!

**Aus_Karlos** · 03-20-2009, 02:31 AM

Thanks for the link Tiber. Hmm still a bit pricey, but now i know what im looking for i can start to look for bargains (Ebay)

03-10-2009, 11:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
Tiber Septim Asst Manager, Games Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,868 OS: Fedora 11 / Windows 7 My System Blog Entries: 5	SSD RAID Awesomeness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs&fmt=22 Do want! I've got the POWAH!!! __________________ First Steps - System Specs - SIW Help TSF beat Cancer and other serious Illness.

03-11-2009, 12:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
pharoah TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,188 OS: vista business edition My System	Re: SSD RAID Awesomeness yeah that would be wicked.holy crap though imagine the cost of the ssd's alone hehehe. __________________ Follow These Steps First Power Supply Selection Posting System Specs Oblivion Tweak Guide Video Drivers& Information TSF folding at home team 85015

03-11-2009, 02:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tiber Septim Asst Manager, Games Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,868 OS: Fedora 11 / Windows 7 My System Blog Entries: 5	Re: SSD RAID Awesomeness The storage would be worth more than the whole PC. =) Those sort of drives run about $600 - $700AUS. $600 x 24 = $14400 AUS. Holy expensive storage Batman! __________________ First Steps - System Specs - SIW Help TSF beat Cancer and other serious Illness.

03-11-2009, 03:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: SSD RAID Awesomeness I love how all the SSD drives are held in CD rack ghetto styling that's ridiculously fast! and dual CPU's too thats an expensive comp but they never showed the graphics card ***!

03-11-2009, 04:14 PM	#6 (permalink)
Tiber Septim Asst Manager, Games Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,868 OS: Fedora 11 / Windows 7 My System Blog Entries: 5	Re: SSD RAID Awesomeness My bad. I was thinking of 128Gb versions. Yep the 250Gb models are $1000 to $1500. So that's easily $24000 just for storage. I repeat. Holy expensive storage Batman! Edit: Ninja, I think the guy was running 2x HD 4870X2's in Crossfire. They didn't show it for very long though. __________________ First Steps - System Specs - SIW Help TSF beat Cancer and other serious Illness. Last edited by Tiber Septim; 03-11-2009 at 04:17 PM.

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Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: SSD RAID Awesomeness ok that makes sense I',m gonna have a look again I only saw 1 4870X2 but getting 2 of them wouldn't be much more since the SSD drives are ridiculously expensive

03-12-2009, 03:32 AM	#8 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,458 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit, Ubuntu x64, Windows 7 x64 Beta My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: SSD RAID Awesomeness Looks amazing. I was thinking of getting 64GB SSD. But then i realized that Steam (+ Steam games) would not fit on it. It would be wicked quick loading speeds for games. But at the moment im happy with the speed im currently getting. TF2 loads from Desktop to map in 10secs... :D __________________ MemTest86 / Nvidia Drivers / ATI Drivers / DirectX 9.0c / Sys Requirements / Everest Folding@Home

03-12-2009, 07:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
RockmasteR Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lebanon Posts: 3,174 OS: Vista Ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: SSD RAID Awesomeness super fast!!! but on other hand, look at the mess and all the cables!!! if I brought this at home, my mom will throw both me and that PC __________________ CPUz GPUz Nvidia Drivers ATI Drivers System Information for Windows (SIW) Revo Uninstaller RivaTuner ATITOOL Directx 9.0C !!Please don't PM me for Tech Support!!

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Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: SSD RAID Awesomeness truly if you wanted a beast like that machine you would either have to massively mod a full tower case or build your own case

03-13-2009, 05:45 AM	#11 (permalink)
RockmasteR Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lebanon Posts: 3,174 OS: Vista Ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: SSD RAID Awesomeness yep and a 10.000 of pure green money __________________ CPUz GPUz Nvidia Drivers ATI Drivers System Information for Windows (SIW) Revo Uninstaller RivaTuner ATITOOL Directx 9.0C !!Please don't PM me for Tech Support!!

03-19-2009, 07:26 AM	#12 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,458 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit, Ubuntu x64, Windows 7 x64 Beta My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: SSD RAID Awesomeness This is tempting. Im thinking of buying a 32GB SSD and move Vista/pagefile over to it. With a max power output of 150mW on full load and 250mb/s its pretty good. But at the moment im having trouble finding the correct SSD (In Australia). Most of them are for laptops as they state a 5v line input. Are you able to RAID the drives together? __________________ MemTest86 / Nvidia Drivers / ATI Drivers / DirectX 9.0c / Sys Requirements / Everest Folding@Home

03-19-2009, 07:37 AM	#13 (permalink)
Tiber Septim Asst Manager, Games Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,868 OS: Fedora 11 / Windows 7 My System Blog Entries: 5	Re: SSD RAID Awesomeness As far as I know you can RAID them. Staticice doesn't turn up much. There's this Intel one for ~$800 Or a 80Gb Intel one for the same price, but it is an MLC. Slower and shorter lifetime. Most of the cheaper ones are 100Mb/s read, 80Mb/s write. __________________ First Steps - System Specs - SIW Help TSF beat Cancer and other serious Illness. Last edited by Tiber Septim; 03-19-2009 at 07:40 AM.

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Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: SSD RAID Awesomeness I don't understand how raid works how does it make the drive seek times so much faster? do write speeds add up together?

03-19-2009, 04:49 PM	#15 (permalink)
Indoril Nerevar Manager, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,008 OS: Windows 7 RC 64-bit My System	Re: SSD RAID Awesomeness In a RAID-0 configuration, data (files) are spread across all drives, so when the system goes to read a file, multiple drives work together to access it, which increases speed (works the same way for writing data). A RAID-0 configuration is to a normal hard drive setup what a quad-core CPU is to a single-core. There are also other RAID configurations, such as RAID-1. RAID-1 mirrors data across the multiple drives. Then, if one drive fails, there is at least one fully-functional backup drive at all times. __________________ Donating to the forum keeps TSF free for all. • Common PC Game Issues • Common Installation Issues • Posting System Specs • Power Supply Information • • NVIDIA Drivers • ATI Drivers • Thermal Paste Guide • System Requirements Lab • YouGamers Game-o-Meter • • Everest • Prime95 • DirectX • AMD Drivers • Memtest86 • SensorsView • Driver Cleaner • I do not give help via PM. Please post your question on the forum. Last edited by Indoril Nerevar; 03-19-2009 at 04:52 PM.

03-19-2009, 04:51 PM	#16 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: SSD RAID Awesomeness sounds pretty sweet! thanks for the simple explanation Indoril!

03-20-2009, 02:31 AM	#17 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,458 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit, Ubuntu x64, Windows 7 x64 Beta My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: SSD RAID Awesomeness Thanks for the link Tiber. Hmm still a bit pricey, but now i know what im looking for i can start to look for bargains (Ebay) __________________ MemTest86 / Nvidia Drivers / ATI Drivers / DirectX 9.0c / Sys Requirements / Everest Folding@Home