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cherplunka
2 Sep 2008, 9:23am
if you only had one raptor,

would you use it for the os drive or the storage drive?

....all files being manipulated would be on the storage drive.
this means maya files and many music files mostly.

i've gotten a couple of different takes on this and would
really like some more input.
Thrax
2 Sep 2008, 1:13pm
It would be the OS drive. Storage is accessed more rarely than anyone thinks it is, and it's a waste to put a Raptor to work loading files. Did you know that the average file size loaded is less than 100MB?
kryyst
2 Sep 2008, 1:26pm
I agree with Thrax your OS drive. It's the first dirve accessed, the last drive accessed and the drive that is going to be constantly accessed regardless of what your doing. It'll be caching your page file and all those pesky dll's are there as well.
primesuspect
2 Sep 2008, 1:28pm
What they said plus increased load speed on apps, DLLs, etc is going to be the helpful part.
UPSLynx
2 Sep 2008, 5:54pm
Yeah, definitely OS disk. Caching, page file, temps, ect.

Will Maya be installed on the OS disk?
GnomeWizardd
2 Sep 2008, 8:50pm
OS drive
GrayFox
2 Sep 2008, 11:30pm
OS drive with seprate swap partition at beginning of disc (Its a real bitch to do this on windows tho so I just use the end of the disc).

The reason I put swap/pagefile/virtual memory on its own is that it minimizes fragmentation.
cherplunka
3 Sep 2008, 6:44am
nifty,

once again, you guys have been very educational.
UPSLynx
3 Sep 2008, 9:26am
nifty,

once again, you guys have been very educational.


That's what we're here for! Well, that and beer.

And TF2.
Shorty
3 Sep 2008, 9:32am
and women. and hats. and deep fried everything.
UPSLynx
3 Sep 2008, 6:15pm
and women. and hats. and deep fried everything.

Geez, how could I forget? Thanks Shorty, you've always got my back.

(I think that deep-fried White Castle still resides in my stomach, festering.)
soothsayer
4 Sep 2008, 1:06pm
I used two 16G Raptors in RAID1 with the OS only on my media center pc and its very quick and fault tolerant. :bigggrin::bigggrin: LOVE EM'
Preacher
7 Sep 2008, 11:27pm
I use a 36 GB Raptor for the OS and programs...and 6 other HDs for storage. It works fine and fast.
saltydog806
18 Sep 2008, 11:28pm
I use a 36 GB Raptor for the OS and programs...and 6 other HDs for storage. It works fine and fast.
When you say a seperate drive for the OS and a seperate HD for storage are you saying that all your programs ect go on the storage HD?
Preacher
20 Sep 2008, 12:29am
No, I have my OS and all of my programs on the Raptor. The other hard drives are for family photos, music, movies, comics, etc.
saltydog806
20 Sep 2008, 12:34am
No, I have my OS and all of my programs on the Raptor. The other hard drives are for family photos, music, movies, comics, etc.
Thanks,
Is ther any reason not to have ( or to have) the OS and the programs on seperate hard drives? Or same on the same drive but w/a partition? :coffee:
Zuntar
20 Sep 2008, 5:41pm
separate drives
Preacher
21 Sep 2008, 6:32am
I second Zuntar's recommendation. Separate drives is better.

Since HDs have gotten so cheap, I don't use partitions as much. I just have enough physical hard drives.
saltydog806
21 Sep 2008, 7:27am
I second Zuntar's recommendation. Separate drives is better.

Since HDs have gotten so cheap, I don't use partitions as much. I just have enough physical hard drives.
Let me make sure I have this correct. I should have a minimum of 3 drives.
1. One for OS ONLY.
2. Second for programs, music, photo's ect..
3. Third for backup.
Is this correct?:respect::respect::respect: