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post #1 of 44
9/19/11 at 12:35pm
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Posting Format : As SSD or something similar and comparable, with information regarding your setup... chipset, driver, sata controller, and most importantly stripe size.

See below for a reason to check within rst to enable write back cache, after you already probably thought you had it enabled elsewhere in device manager (at least that's what happened to me).

Mobo:Asus P8P67 Pro 3.1 (latest non beta bios)
Drives: Two Crucial m4 128gb (firmware 0009) connected to intel sata 6 ports (WHITE).
Raid 0 : Stripe 128kb (default).
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 sp1 (fresh install.. updated to the tilt), office 2010, PhotoShop, Acrobat, Chrome.. and codecs + vlc. Nothing else is installed.

Intel RST Raid : 10.6.0.1022
Intel Chipset: 9.2.0.1030
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Write back cache enabled via RST... even though it was already enabled via device manager on above benchmarks.




So except for 4k reads, which appear to be lower than the the drive not in raid... it seems pretty golden.

I'm curious as to what results everyone else has gotten.
Edited by avddreamr - 9/19/11 at 9:23pm
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9/19/11 at 12:54pm
wow. 1GB
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9/19/11 at 1:27pm
Ummm i just checked out the m4's and it seems there max is
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Sustained Sequential Read: up to 415MB/s
Sustained Sequential Write: up to 175MB/s
so 415+415 = 830
but your saying your getting 1004?
Just trying to figure out whats going on here.
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9/19/11 at 1:40pm
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Ummm i just checked out the m4's and it seems there max is

so 415+415 = 830
but your saying your getting 1004?
Just trying to figure out whats going on here.
New firmware 0009 boosts performance 20% thus 500+ MB/s Reads.
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9/19/11 at 1:41pm
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New firmware 0009 boosts performance 20% thus 500+ MB/s Reads.
Yup.
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9/19/11 at 3:40pm
write caching enabled is recommended?

i keep seeing other guides recommending it disabled.
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9/19/11 at 3:48pm
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write caching enabled is recommended?

i keep seeing other guides recommending it disabled.
It depends on the drive, basically .. i saw an increase in my 4k writes.. so I left it enabled... I might experiment with different stripe sizes... but I'm not sure if it's going to make a difference in my 4k reads. It feels pretty damn fast... but not that much faster than my intel 80gb.

I'm hoping that others will post.. and we'll figure out what are the best settings for these drives. I'm guessing that alot of people might of picked up a pair b/c of the deal where they were going for 150 or so shipped last month.

Honestly, I only raided for capacity.. the performance increase is a hell of a bonus. Watching photoshop load after boot up in less than 3 seconds is well wonderful
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9/19/11 at 4:47pm
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It depends on the drive, basically .. i saw an increase in my 4k writes..
could you run Anvil Storage Benchmark? that seems a bit more comprehensive. thanks if you could!

http://thessdreview.com/latest-buzz/...ssd-benchmark/
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9/19/11 at 8:02pm
I'm waiting for my 2nd 256GB and will be putting them into RAID0, thanks for the headsup on this.
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9/19/11 at 8:59pm
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could you run Anvil Storage Benchmark? that seems a bit more comprehensive. thanks if you could!

http://thessdreview.com/latest-buzz/...ssd-benchmark/
Ok will do... downloading now.

oh .. unrelated.. thanks to whomever gave me my first rep
--- and here it is ---

Edited by avddreamr - 9/19/11 at 9:09pm
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