I have used Acronis TrueImage since version 4. I have version 9, but don't use it. My primary need is drive cloning, and the last build of Verion 8 is much faster than 9.
I use Norton PartitionMagic 8 for partitioning and changes thereto.
RAID 0 is not something I would contemplate using unless I were forced to by my mobo's BIOS.