Ocz vertex 3 help

[nick3232]

hi i am want to buy an ssd according to anandtech benchmarks ocz vertex 3 is really good and fastest ????

 

[nick3232]

also should i set it in raid 0 is it faster and are ssds reliable cause i don't want them failing after 1 year

 

[JohnnyLucky]

A Raid array requires two identical drives to work. If you are only going to buy one ssd, then do not configure for RAID.

 

[nordlead]

you don't need two identical drives for raid. You only need two drives. People need to stop spreading misinformation. However, if you combine non-similar drives in a raid you will be wasting some performance or space (or possibly both). A poor quality controller may prevent you from using mis-matched RAID drives.

But none of that matters since you would only have a single drive anyways.

As for the model drive. They are fast and they have a decent rating on newegg. The Crucial M4, Intel SSDs, and Samsung SSDs seem to have better reliability though.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

nordlead - I was just trying to keep it simple. As you pointed out there could be issues when ssd's are mismatched. That's why two identical ssd's are preferred for a RAID array.