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One large or two smaller SSDs?

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Mar 15, 20262205 views
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I'm looking at getting a Crucial M225 SSD. Now the question that's on my mind, is is it worth RAIDing these things? In fact are there any RAID downsides particular to SSDs that you don't see with typical magnetic HDDs. For 10% more, I can get 2x 128GB drives over the single 256GB drive. Now bare in…

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I would definitely get the single, larger drive. It's unlikely that RAID-ing two smaller drives will provide a useful performance increase, and the TRIM command (which helps preserve an SSD's performance over time) probably won't work. The SSD's con…

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