Is RAID0 worth it?

[Meithan]

I was wondering whether buying two disks and setting them in RAID 0 would provide a signifcant speed boost over buying a single disk (with twice the capacity). For instance, what would you prefer: a 200GB Seagate 7200rpm HDD, or two 100GB Seagate 7200rpm HDDs in RAID0 mode?

 

[Ste]

RAID 0 Does offer some preformence increase. How much? It differs among opinions but it is greater then just one drive reguardless of opinion.

 

[b1gapl]

For the performance yes....but not for security, because if one fails, it takes the other drive with it.