My experiments with RAID0

As any developer would know, compiling a huge visual studio solution
takes a long time. Actually even a midsize solution compile is very
time consuming, so over the past few years, I have been trying various
experiments to see what really makes a difference:

1) Compiling on a server does not make very big difference.
2) CPU does not matter much
3) The most expensive RAM does not make a dent (even loads of it)
4) RAID5 does not make much difference
5) 10K RPM HDD does make as difference as does 15K RPM HDD

One sure fire way though is RAID 0 = inexpensive RAID card + 7200RPM
regular HDD makes a huge difference!!!

Windows 7 & vista a file copy which was done @ 2mbps max is done in
18mbps on raid 0 with 2 disks. Increase the disks and the speed
increases rapidly.....

Visual studio compiles like a Mae person!!! - amazing...