Four-Way Samsung 32GB SSD RAID 0 Review

Wed 2008-07-02 - Posted by Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan

TweakTown has just tested four 2.5-inch Samsung 32GB SATA-II solid state drives in RAID 0 configuration.

Let’s see what they had to say:

“The Samsung MCBQE32G5MPP-0VA00 isn’t as fast as the MemoRight GT drives we looked at last month, but with a cost saving of roughly 300 Dollars per drive, we can easily forget about the 20 or so MB/second. After a quick scan of DVNation.com’s current inventory, I found that the Samsung SATA-II is one of the lowest priced 32GB 2.5 inch drives they sell.

Don’t let the price fool you, the Samsung SATA-II SSD is a real performer and the construction quality is top notch. I have yet to find a Seagate Cheetah or Western Digital Raptor that comes close to the build quality (or for that matter, the performance) of these little Solid-State Drives.

Mixing the RAID aspect into the equation and we have a pro users dream. Picture, Audio and Video software users are going to find the new Samsung SATA-II SSDs just what software needs to come alive, maximizing usability and productivity.”

As you can see, solid state drives have excellent scalability in RAID configuration. These particular Samsung SSDs retail for roughly $400 each, which is decent, but still quite expensive. My recommendation would be to wait for OCZ’s recently announced Core series solid state drives, which are a much better value.

Click here to read the full article.

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