How big is the CPU performance hit while using 2 hard drives in RAID 1?

BloodTotal · Dec 20, 2012

I will be gaming and doing normal things as well. I want to start off with a raid 1, but I may eventually use another raid setup. So this question applies to the performance hit for all raids. How high is it?

Thanks!

slyfox2151 · Dec 21, 2012

BloodTotal said:
I will be gaming and doing normal things as well. I want to start off with a raid 1, but I may eventually use another raid setup. So this question applies to the performance hit for all raids. How high is it?

Thanks!

id say less then 2 % for raid1.... its just mirrored data...

only Raid5/6 ect with parity use a lot of cpu power.

FordGT90Concept · Dec 21, 2012

RAID0 = 0%
RAID1 = 0%
RAID10 = 0%
RAID0+1 = 0%
RAID5 = 0-2%
RAID6 = 1-3%

It's more of a deterrant on memory throughput than CPU but even then, we're talking very little for HDDs (200 MB/s for two drives). SSDs, due to their higher performance, could put a lot more strain on a system but unless you're talking more than four drives in the array, I wouldn't worry about it.

BloodTotal · Dec 21, 2012

what if I had ssds in raid 1 for the operating system and regular harddrives for everything else? Would you still recommend raid 1?

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System Name	Blood
Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz
Motherboard	ASUS P5Q PRO @ stock settings
Cooling	Antec Case fans (max) OCZ Vandetta 2 CPU cooler with a Kaze Jyuni 120mm fan 1200RPM+-100RPM 67.5CFM
Memory	Patriot Viper Series 4GB 2x2GB DDR2 800Mhz 5-5-5-15
Video Card(s)	BFG NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OC MAXCORE 896MB PCIe 2.0 Core 216 @ stock settings
Storage	Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s
Display(s)	Acer AL2616Wd 25.5" 1920x1200 800:1 178degrees viewing angle 5ms S-IPS Panel
Case	Antec Nine Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Plosion 7.1 with a coaxial cable connected to a Logitech z5500
Power Supply	BFG ES-800 800W
Software	Windows Vista (soon to be Windows Xp, Vista, and Windows 7 triple boot)

How big is the CPU performance hit while using 2 hard drives in RAID 1?

BloodTotal

slyfox2151

FordGT90Concept

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