# Should I raid0 fusion io cards?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-raid0-fusion-io-cards/2694>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 15, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-raid0-fusion-io-cards/2694 "2015-06-15T13:27:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![javadevmtl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/javadevmtl/32/45613_2.png) [@javadevmtl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/javadevmtl)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-raid0-fusion-io-cards/2694/1 "2015-06-15T13:27:06Z")

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I have 2 fusion io cards for a single server. Mainly for capacity... Running Windows 2008...

Yes I know fusion cards are quite reliable... The question here is for convenience/elasticsearch configuration...

Should I raid 0 the two cards using Windows raid Or use built in Elasticsearch multiple data paths?

I would assume that Windows software raid to have overhead or ES solution to split multiple paths also have overhead?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-raid0-fusion-io-cards/2694/2 "2015-06-15T22:56:12Z")

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You must have money to burn!

The easiest way would be to use multiple `path.data` values in ES, but you do run the risk of losing all your data if just one of those paths dies for any reason.

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**Author:** ![javadevmtl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/javadevmtl/32/45613_2.png) [@javadevmtl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/javadevmtl)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-raid0-fusion-io-cards/2694/3 "2015-06-15T23:35:56Z")

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Lol not exactly but I was dealt two cards instead of 1 "bigger" one. So I was Wondering if Windows Raid 0 would be too slow for these cards on PCIe bus.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-raid0-fusion-io-cards/2694/4 "2015-06-15T23:37:38Z")

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It's fusion, they're going to be fast no matter what.  
If you are worried, test 🙂

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**Author:** ![javadevmtl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/javadevmtl/32/45613_2.png) [@javadevmtl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/javadevmtl)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-raid0-fusion-io-cards/2694/5 "2015-06-16T02:54:14Z")

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Lol when you got 5TB of data to copy from one drive to the other want to make sure it's right lol Otherwise 3 hours of waiting for data to copy over. But yeah I get your point!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-raid0-fusion-io-cards/2694/6 "2017-07-06T00:07:17Z")

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