Managing a Raid0 SSD under Win 8.1

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kmcintyre

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My PC is taking longer to boot and wake than it used to. (Under separate post...) So I brought up the Optimize Drives app to see if my HDD needed attention.

I found that the HDD (D:) is scheduled for weekly optimization. OK. I guess that was the default.

BUT I also saw that my C: drive (Raid0 SSDs) was also scheduled for weekly optimization. (Although it has been 18 days since it was last run???)

So I thought Win 8.1 automatically set SSDs up for TRIM and all the other stuff required to make them stay healthy.

So what should I do to ensure my SDD Raid is working as it should?

Thanks

Keith
 
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The tools vary depending upon how you have the RAID setup - if it is true hardware RAID, there should be a BIOS screen (i.e. hit F2 to enter setup for the controller) and if it is Software RAID, the software RAID should have a configuration utility within Windows.

Before Windows 7 came out - Libraries and the start menu/taskbar wasn't available, so it was difficult to remember locations of programs and data files....

It is always better to have a smaller OS drive (128GB - 250GB) to have the OS and programs on....Windows 8 has "Storage Spaces" to combine drives into a single volume without the worries of RAID (this is for data drives - not OS drives).
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Ronintexas,

Thanks, but it's a little late for changing that. Maybe if I have to rebuild some day. So...

Given that I screwed up and have an SSD Raid 0 for my system drive, how can I make sure it is running as good as it can?

I just checked using fsutil and TRIM is running. Can you recommend a tool for checking the health and throughput of the array?

Thanks

Keith

BTW - I just found the "winsat disk -drive c" command. I generated a sequential 64.0 Read of 1018.26 MB/s and a sequential 64.0 Write of 973.23 MB/s. That's why I went Raid0. :)

And from what I read, Win8.1 Disk Optimize on a solid state drive (as Win8.1 describes my c: drive) doesn't defrag, but rather calls TRIM to clean up deleted blocks.

So I think I'm ok after all...
 
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The tools vary depending upon how you have the RAID setup - if it is true hardware RAID, there should be a BIOS screen (i.e. hit F2 to enter setup for the controller) and if it is Software RAID, the software RAID should have a configuration utility within Windows.

Before Windows 7 came out - Libraries and the start menu/taskbar wasn't available, so it was difficult to remember locations of programs and data files....

It is always better to have a smaller OS drive (128GB - 250GB) to have the OS and programs on....Windows 8 has "Storage Spaces" to combine drives into a single volume without the worries of RAID (this is for data drives - not OS drives).
 
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