RAID Setup/Card Speed Questions Mac Pro

[macprovideo]

The question I have is very specific. I am looking for some guidance as to how I would be best to run my MacPro. I have previously run it with 4 x 500 GB Hitachi hard drives on a software RAID 0 configuration. One major disappointment though - NO BOOT CAMP. To begin with I needed the speed of all four drives on RAID 0 for high-def video editing, but instead am now using a xServe RAID. I am currently thinking about replacing one of my 500's with a 1 TB and using that for Boot Camp. As for the other three drives I am trying to decide between using a RAID 0 or an Apple RAID card and a RAID 5. I would like to know the tested speed differences between a 3 drive software RAID 0, a 3 drive hardware RAID 0 using the Apple RAID card, and a 3 drive hardware RAID 5 using an Apple RAID card. Any information would be helpful!

8-core 3 Ghz MacPro (5400 series), 4Gb Fibre Card

 

[kakace]

Then forget the Apple RAID card because all four internal drives are connected to it, not just three as you would need.
In addition, RAID-5 cannot match (by far) RAID-0 raw performance. If speed is your primary target, then stick to software RAID-0.

 

[kittiyut]

Then forget the Apple RAID card because all four internal drives are connected to it, not just three as you would need.
In addition, RAID-5 cannot match (by far) RAID-0 raw performance. If speed is your primary target, then stick to software RAID-0.

You are absolutely right. I wish I had known this before I custom built mine. The two extra SATA are also invisible to Windows as well. On the bright side, RAID 5 speed is very snappy!