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How to build your own RAID for macOS on a budget
- nullindividual 3y ago> they tend to be slower since data coordination usually happens in a RAID software driver instead of on a drive's hardware controller board. Clearly paid off by the RAID card manufactures! /s This hasn't been true for years. RAID cards tend to have anemic (MIPS) processors, easily outclassed in performance for this task.
- sdbillin 3y agoThe trouble with SSD arrays, especially for use as a boot drive, is the access time. https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485-6.html https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485... You'll get more throughput (probably), but slightly higher latency.