Hello,
I'm building a new computer and I will use a SSD for operating system and another volume with WD Red drives on RAID 0 for the files.
Since I'll make backpus on a 4TB external USB 3.0 HDD, I'm choosing the RAID 0 to get more performance.
Note: My motherboard supports up to 4 HDDs in SATA III 6 Gbps (Asus Rampage IV Extreme).
My questions are:
1 - Doing RAID 0 with 4 HDDs worth? Or the gain with 4x HDDs is very small in relation to use 3 or 2 HDDs?
2 - With 4 WD Red on RAID 0, can I get close to the transfer rate of the SSDs, that are around 400 MB/s?
3 - Has anyone done tests with 2, 3 and 4 HDDs on RAID 0?
4 - Is the WD Red the best for RAID 0 in cost-benefit?
5 - I heard that the WD Blue is better than WD Red because it uses a single platter, and so it's faster and cheaper. But WD don't recommend this HDD for RAID on their website. What do you think? Should I buy Red WD that is recommended for RAID by Western Digital or get the WD Blue?
Thank you!
Motherboard: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/RAMPAGE_IV_EXTREME/
Storage (WD Red): http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=810
Storage (WD Blue): http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=770
I'm building a new computer and I will use a SSD for operating system and another volume with WD Red drives on RAID 0 for the files.
Since I'll make backpus on a 4TB external USB 3.0 HDD, I'm choosing the RAID 0 to get more performance.
Note: My motherboard supports up to 4 HDDs in SATA III 6 Gbps (Asus Rampage IV Extreme).
My questions are:
1 - Doing RAID 0 with 4 HDDs worth? Or the gain with 4x HDDs is very small in relation to use 3 or 2 HDDs?
2 - With 4 WD Red on RAID 0, can I get close to the transfer rate of the SSDs, that are around 400 MB/s?
3 - Has anyone done tests with 2, 3 and 4 HDDs on RAID 0?
4 - Is the WD Red the best for RAID 0 in cost-benefit?
5 - I heard that the WD Blue is better than WD Red because it uses a single platter, and so it's faster and cheaper. But WD don't recommend this HDD for RAID on their website. What do you think? Should I buy Red WD that is recommended for RAID by Western Digital or get the WD Blue?
Thank you!
Motherboard: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/RAMPAGE_IV_EXTREME/
Storage (WD Red): http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=810
Storage (WD Blue): http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=770
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