Your best tips on SSD configs, please

[hardware]

RAID will not help out unless you want redundancy, which is RAID Level 1, and also unnecessary because you"ll notice a bad storage device within days of installing it.

 

NVMe devices won"t help out either, but I use them to keep my builds smaller at a Dual SSD + NVMe (Omni Steam Folder).

 

I spent a fortune on a Supermicro RAID 5 build since I was always a SCSI Cheetah guy, fearful of SATA HDDs.

I didn"t notice any difference in speed/loads using Kontakt or Gigastudio, so figured we"ll I have RAID 5 redundancy, so all is good.

 

Unfortunately the rebuild process cannot keep up with the streaming needs of audio. So sure your drives will retain data and stream during a rebuild of the Array (when it fails in a live venue) but the missing notes, and pops clicks showed me the uselessness of RAID.

 

I actually read an article by a lying scoundrel who used a DAW/soft synth PC who claimed to use a cheap High Point RAID Card where as I used the Adaptec 8 port. I immediately called him out.

 

Our machines be it Mac or PC won"t benefit from super high speed devices due to ASIO Limitations. Which I believe tops out at 6-800 MBs per second. I had fun trying NVMe and even an Intel with the fastest Random reads.

 

We"re just fine using SSDs. Company"s like Samsung have their own in house controllers and a 5 year warranty.

Their Pro models are very good and worth the extra coin.