Raid-Ready SSD vs uh..... not Raid-Ready?

[MoLiva]

So im checking out the market on SSDs for my Macbook Pro and I've found a few manufacturers differentiate their product lines as "regular" SSDs and Raid-Ready SSDs. The raid ready's being more expensive and having a little less space.

I'm not as tech savvy as I should probably be, so I don't know what Raid or Raid-Ready means and what value it might have. Anyone willing to educate me would be appreciated.

 

[ccashman92]

So im checking out the market on SSDs for my Macbook Pro and I've found a few manufacturers differentiate their product lines as "regular" SSDs and Raid-Ready SSDs. The raid ready's being more expensive and having a little less space.

I'm not as tech savvy as I should probably be, so I don't know what Raid or Raid-Ready means and what value it might have. Anyone willing to educate me would be appreciated.

+1

 

[DesmoPilot]

RAID ready means the SSD is more positioned to be in a RAID array, definitely not something you're going to be doing in a MBP. Just go for a normal SSD.

 

[ccashman92]

RAID ready means the SSD is more positioned to be in a RAID array, definitely not something you're going to be doing in a MBP. Just go for a normal SSD.

Have any recommendations?

 

[DesmoPilot]

Have any recommendations?

Any of the Intel G2 Drives (80/160GB), any of the OCZ 2 drives (vertex, agility etc) or any of the Kingston drives. Wouldn't go corsair due to stability and data corruption issues I've heard about popping up after a few months of use.

 

[ccashman92]

Any of the Intel G2 Drives (80/160GB), any of the OCZ 2 drives (vertex, agility etc) or any of the Kingston drives. Wouldn't go corsair due to stability and data corruption issues I've heard about popping up after a few months of use.

What about the OWC Mercury?

 

[DesmoPilot]

What about the OWC Mercury?

Can't go wrong with anything by OWC.

 

[ccashman92]

Can't go wrong with anything by OWC.

I figured as much. What do you have? Assuming you have one...

 

[DesmoPilot]

I figured as much. What do you have? Assuming you have one...

Don't have an SSD yet. Waiting til December/January when the next generation of SSDs start to roll out (Better prices, 28nm, more variety in sizes, bigger sizes, newer controllers etc etc).

 

[MoLiva]

What about the OWC Mercury?

I was looking at the OWC Mercury Extreme 250gb, its pricy but I did some research on it and it appears to be one of the fastest available, as well as having the longest "life span" of any SSD on the market. I guess SSDs degrade over time or something, this one supposedly doesn't, or at least reduces it to a rate that's barely noticeable.

 

[Thiol]

I was looking at the OWC Mercury Extreme 250gb, its pricy but I did some research on it and it appears to be one of the fastest available, as well as having the longest "life span" of any SSD on the market. I guess SSDs degrade over time or something, this one supposedly doesn't, or at least reduces it to a rate that's barely noticeable.

None of the SSDs with Sandforce controllers has been around for very long. No one really knows how reliable these guys are over time...

 

[ccashman92]

Don't have an SSD yet. Waiting til December/January when the next generation of SSDs start to roll out (Better prices, 28nm, more variety in sizes, bigger sizes, newer controllers etc etc).

I'll probably do the same...