Force GT 240gb Raid0 and Stripe size.

[Mindtilt]

I heard that stripe size for a ssd raid 0 should be the erase block. IDK what is the force gt erase block, and did not find the information. I tested the 64k and 4k strip sizes:

I tested 64k and 4k stripe sizes.

My benches:

ALL 0x00

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ALL 0xFF

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random

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hd tune seq 2M

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hd tune seq 64k

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hdtune seq 256k

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tune random

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tune file

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tune extras

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as SSD

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Strip Size 64k:

ALL 0X00

http://imageshack.us/content_round.php?page=done&l=img35/1421/0fill0fill.jpg&via=mupload&newlp=1

 

ALL 0xFF

http://imageshack.us/content_round.php?page=done&l=img684/4853/0fill1fill.jpg&via=mupload&newlp=1

 

crystal random

http://imageshack.us/content_round.php?page=done&l=img256/3176/crystalrandon.jpg&via=mupload&newlp=1

 

tuneSeq 2M

http://imageshack.us/content_round.php?page=done&l=img850/8250/tuneseq2m.png&via=mupload&newlp=1

 

tuneSeq 64k

http://img268.imageshack.us/content_round.php?page=done&l=img268/5059/tuneseq64.png

 

tuneSeq 256k

http://imageshack.us/content_round.php?page=done&l=img585/5258/tuneseq256.png&via=mupload&newlp=1

 

tuneRandom

http://imageshack.us/content_round.php?page=done&l=img543/7980/randomtune.png&via=mupload&newlp=1

 

tune file

http://imageshack.us/content_round.php?page=done&l=img696/6974/tunefilebench.png&via=mupload&newlp=1

 

tune extras

http://imageshack.us/content_round.php?page=done&l=img21/4145/tuneextras.png&via=mupload&newlp=1

 

 

 

the larger stripe i use i get a performance penalty with small files.

The performance gain with large files seems to be very small.

 

Is it ok using a stripe size of 4k? The raid performance going to get worse over time using a small stripe?

My computer main use: games( mmorpg and shooters).

 

My sata controller is onboard, intel p67 mobo (biostar)

[Synthohol]

use ATTO,

CDM is not what the drives are spec'd with

 

try 128 as in the tutorial ;):

http://blog.corsair.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Intel-Stripe-Size-and-Capacity.jpg