But then again, you didn&#39;t state how important your uptime of your system is.  Sorry for leaving that bit out....<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Jim Dibb <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jimdibb@gmail.com">jimdibb@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

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</div>I&#39;m interested.  I was considering using SSDs for my boot drive.  Is<br>
RAID protection necessary/advisable using SSDs?<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div><div>SSDs have much higher reliability than HDD.</div><div>Mirroring is the only RAID level that does not impose a write penalty.</div><div>Mirroring SSDs is expensive</div><div><br>

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<div>Based on these 3 points, I&#39;d say a backup is a much better solution than RAID, unless you want to (R)AID-0 them into a stripe for even more insane performance.</div><div><br></div>
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