2xOCZ vertex 2E (raid0) - performance log

[ehhhhhhh]

I've got my lovely 60GB vertex 2Es a few days ago and I did not hesitate to raid them.

Considering the well known concerns regarding to the performance degradation, I have decided to create this thread and update it once a week (or once every 2 weeks..which is better?) as I suppose many pple are interested in this subject. I'm curious about the actual symptoms of it, furthermore I wonder how long it takes it to happen in an average scenario on a "power user" level...

(if it's in the wrong section please move...also, please let me know if this is irrelevant and I don't bother with it )

so here comes the first run...it's a newly installed OS, running for 2 days...(I've used atto with the same settings as in this hexus article)



any suggestions are welcome ;-)

[redddraggon]

Do you have some sort of program to replace the Trim function?

[ehhhhhhh]

Do you have some sort of program to replace the Trim function?

I'm not planning to do anything with it...I just want to wait and see how it goes

[spoon_]

You will reinstall/reformat your OS 10 times before any negative effects of lack of trim will start to affect you - so nothing to worry about

[Pob255]

Well seeing as Hexus was getting about 275 MB/sec for a single SSD


Your numbers are looking about right, a bit lower and taking a bit larger block size to hit an avarage speed, this could all be down to controller latency.
That's still blisteringly fast seeing as more 7200rpm HDD's are around the 70-90 MB/sec mark going up to about 130-140 MB/Sec for the F3 or cadavar black

[spoon_]

Just checked how much my array degraded over time...



...not much as you can see

[Pob255]

what the are you using in that array?

[nibbler]

lolwtfbbq?
What planet did you come from spoon?

[ehhhhhhh]

You will reinstall/reformat your OS 10 times before any negative effects of lack of trim will start to affect you - so nothing to worry about

:-) so it seems that the performance degradation thing is overrated...I wonder why are so many sites highlighting the lack of trim then? I haven't bought SSDs up until now because I was afraid of wasting money...
btw, it's still on offer on scan...it's money well spent if you ask me, even with the lowly integrated raid controller...