LSI WarpDrive

[LunarMist]

http://www.lsi.com/channel/news/review/2010_11_17a.html

Damn. Maybe DD will buy one. :mrgrn:

[ddrueding]

Nope, but I do have another Revo2 480GB coming next week.

[LunarMist]

Well, I'm not getting one either. The 800/5.6 IS is about the same price. :@:

[ddrueding]

I'm not getting an 800/5.6IS either :(

[LunarMist]

Nope, but I do have another Revo2 480GB coming next week.

That is just four StoneForce drives on a RAID 0 controller, or does it have something else special?

[ddrueding]

That is just four StoneForce drives on a RAID 0 controller, or does it have something else special?

The thing I really like about it? No cables, no configuration. Plug it in, and go. I've also had trouble finding a RAID0 config on a RAID card that would match the performance of these out of the box. I don't doubt that it's possible, but if that is your intent, just buy one of these.

[LunarMist]

Is that the same as the X2 series (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&Description=ocz%20revo&bop=And&SrchInDesc=x2&Page=1&PageSize=20)?

[ddrueding]

That would be the one. I just went for the 480GB.

[LunarMist]

480GB is somewhat useless for me. It's not really enough for a usable block of data but unnecessarily large for a C: drive.

[ddrueding]

480 is just about right for a C drive for me; I end up having quite a few apps for various projects installed.

[LunarMist]

10GB is plenty for my C: partition for now. Most of my apps are 3-8 years old. Even with a clean Win 7 installation and a few new apps I doubt it would exceed 20GB or so. The price vs. capacity for that RAID SSD system is not exactly linear at the moment. 240 and 480 GB models are the best value.

[Stereodude]

I doubt you'd perceive much differences between most SSD's and a series of RAID'd SSDs like the Revo2 or this LSI running as an OS drive.

[LunarMist]

I know I won't. There is little to gain over 2x Sandstorm RAID 0, which is not much faster than the old X25-E. Still, the convenience of popping a card in a PCIe slot is tempting. :) I wonder if it delays boot time.

[ddrueding]

I know I won't. There is little to gain over 2x Sandstorm RAID 0, which is not much faster than the old X25-E. Still, the convenience of popping a card in a PCIe slot is tempting. :) I wonder if it delays boot time.

I'm sure you've stuck in a normal RAID card, so are familiar with the normal delay. This is shorter than most, well under a second, but it is there.

[Chewy509]

Review of the LSI Warp Drive:

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1535/1/

[Stereodude]

Review of the LSI Warp Drive:

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1535/1/Seems rather disappointing to me given the cost.

[LunarMist]

I assume the price is for the enterprise market. Which would you have running your business, that LSI unit or some OCZ POS?

[Stereodude]

I assume the price is for the enterprise market. Which would you have running your business, that LSI unit or some OCZ POS?Well, I certainly wouldn't use the OCZ. I'm not sure I'd use the LSI either though. :bleh:

[Chewy509]

It's a shame due to the price of it... but do wonder what the performance would be at higher queue depths? Is that where this product shines?

[LunarMist]

Random 4K writes look prteey good. I think another part is that it is designed for long lifetime with the >25% of extra space and SLC. The question is what would another alternative cost, i.e., hard drives or RAM or