Your Thoughts: RAID 5 SSD (3+ Disks)

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Hi Everyone, I'm looking for some thoughts and opinions on a multiple SSD configuration, or possibly just going with a single bigger SSD.

With BlackFriday deals going on, I have the option to buy some larger 500 GB drives or a bunch of 250 GB drives.

I have a Z77 motherboard and it supports RAID 5 up to 6x disks. I'm thinking if it's worth it to buy 3x or 4x Samsung EVO 850 250 GB drives and throw them into a RAID 5 config. I get some performance improvement with 1 disk redundancy.

What are you thoughts, is this configuration worth it, or should I just a single 500 GB and call it the day?

Thanks in advance :)
 
I would value simplicity over the extra speed unless you are doing video editing with large files or something that needs the extra bandwidth.

I just bought a 1tb drive and called it a day, it reads around 400 MB/s when I'm validating files.
 
You're not going to get any performance improvement running RAID 5 off Intel's integrated controller. Probably the opposite.
 
Seems pretty pointless to me. e-peen extension at best.

My advice, get 1 good NVME ssd and a mainboard that can work with it if you really need the speed. Otherwise, don't bother.

If you are hell-bent on spending your ca$h:
Raid 10 will be a better fit with the onboard intel controller anyway, but then you need even more drives.
 
jedimasterben said:
Unless you're doing very data intensive workloads, the difference is not noticeable.
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it helps with large file loads, scanning the whole drive, and more. it has its usage.

I have some high DOF raw images that are 1GB+ plus if you do regular scans of your data using AV/AM it can reduce down time by a lot.
 
If you need/want the parity, then go for it. If not, then get a single large drive.
 
I ended up buying a Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB drive from Newegg Cyber Monday :)

Thanks for everyone's input!
 
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