Cabal
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Re: [SSD RAID-0] This will be so stupid fast! Anyone done this?
said by koitsu  :Well I got my X25-M this week, and thought I'd blog about it. » koitsu.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/···dows-xp/At this point I'm going to return it. I don't think present-day software, nor Windows XP, is really "ready" for SSDs yet. I'll probably be looking into getting a WD3000HLFS instead, as that drive should run at a lower temperature than my present hard drive and provide faster I/O. (My first 10krpm drive...) Did you 4K-align the partition(s) prior to installing XP? I didn't see it in my skimming of the post, and many of your symptoms mirror those problems described in the oft-linked OCZ forum post about proper SSD partitioning.
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koitsu
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| Cabal is referring to these two threads:
»www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum···?t=50376
»www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum···?t=48309
No, I hadn't done any of that. In fact, I think that just adds further evidence to my frustration; somehow I'm magically supposed to have an existing machine running Windows where I can create the partition/filesystem along a 4KB boundary point. This proves that you literally cannot "drop in" an SSD to be a HD replacement, at least with XP.
Not only was I unaware of these implications, and although I am *quite* familiar what it is diskpart.exe does (technically), such a requirement is... well, I'm disappointed. The SSD is still going back, because chances are I will absolutely forget this as well as all the other "one-offs" to get the performance benefits, the next time I format the machine (which I do with Windows every 4-5 months). In fact, this whole "dance" reminds me of the rigmarole I had to go through with VIA chipsets and Windows 2000.
I told Ugly I'd be most interested to hear how Windows 7 performs on his 2xSSD RAID-0 stripe once he gets all of that squared away. If W7 does all of this out-of-the-box, then awesome (I already run W7 on my laptop at work, but it's HDD-based).
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| said by koitsu :This proves that you literally cannot "drop in" an SSD to be a HD replacement, at least with XP. Same thing applies for a RAID array, it's nothing new. I do think I've seen something about Vista making this easier. |
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aurgathor
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said by koitsu :This proves that you literally cannot "drop in" an SSD to be a HD replacement, at least with XP. That actually depends on the type of the SSD. DRAM based, or simpler flash based SSD should have less issue than flash based SSDs with sophisticated firmware.
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Cabal
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said by koitsu :This proves that you literally cannot "drop in" an SSD to be a HD replacement, at least with XP. That's correct. I'm not sure why you're surprised, though, it was released 8 years ago. Vista and Windows 7 correctly align partition boundaries on install.
At this time, I don't believe any Linux or BSD distributions do so correctly, either, but there are plenty of write-ups about it.
»thunk.org/tytso/blog/2009/02/20/···ck-size/
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Ugly
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| said by Cabal :
Vista and Windows 7 correctly align partition boundaries on install.
So here's the current plan, involving BOTH XP and Win7. (not wasting time w/ Vista)
1. The mobo gets up and running with an ordinary spinniing platter HD and boot from Win XPpro.
2. Next, a SSD or pair of SSD's are added.
3. Boot into Win7 install disc and employ tools of Win7 installer to create SSD partition for OS and Raid-0 (no bios-type Raid!). Bird says, "No need for Raid-driver floppy and F6. This is Win7" -- Right? 4. Complete Win7 installation.
Result = dual boot: XP and Win7.
Is this good?
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