Harddrive Question
Hello,
I got a question on a Hard drive setup. Which one of the two setups would give the best performance:
2 10,000 RPM 8MB cache hardrives in RAID 0 or
1 15,000 RPM hard drive 16MB cache
I got a question on a Hard drive setup. Which one of the two setups would give the best performance:
2 10,000 RPM 8MB cache hardrives in RAID 0 or
1 15,000 RPM hard drive 16MB cache
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Your sorta cutting out all the good answers. And didnt give enough info even on the choices you picked. Can you be a tad more exact in the make and model?
Tex
I pick.....
none of the above. Would love to help you better understand how to appreciate how beautiful scsi can be if setup correctly.
Tex
Tex, few know as much as you about drives, but most of us know much more than you about tact.
--Kwitko
Basically, me too, but let me try to help explain-
Maxtor 15K at about $500 per plus a SCSI 320 cost premium
and
WD Raptor 74 at about $175 per?
Personally, if money, power, heat and noise were not issues and being a speed freak with a gun to my head was all that mattered- the Maxtor. On a non-professional budget, the WD and still gag.
Of course if the files don't merit it, a RAID0 is not going to make a lot of difference anyhow.
RAID0 performance
You did have to specify because there are 15Ks that aren't nearly as good (as the Raptor review shows)
I'd love to see what Tex has going on, but I think I'll have to wait for the review.
He said 15k maxtors with 16mb cache. Which are SAS not u320.
He is talking drives only on the market a very short time with a even smaller list of controllers released to date.
I may be out of date. I was at maxtors site a couple weeks ago. I have a ton of 15k maxtors and a pair of 15k II u320's but they are all 8mb cache.
the only 16mb cache 15k drives were SAS.
Tex
And I am not sure where your getting your pricing. I pay $40 a pop for 15k u320 18gb maxtors that cook any raptor in STR or access time.
Tex one of these days I need to get your advice on how to set up an external SCSI HD box
Would be glad to help. I have a 6" tall 19" rack setup with multiple external scsi enclosures.
Tex
don't want to hi-jack this thread any more the normal
Tex, Here.
They're the 73GBs. (I'm pretty sure we wanted to keep the sizes about the same too.)
Plus I'd like to know more about what you do for set-ups too if you wouldn't mind. I'd like to know more about the newer technologies- you're more in touch than I am. Will be waiting for gibbonsl's thread so I can thread-jack a little too?
Thats without bidding.... That is the same drive right?
Tex.
Haha! You cheater ... errrr .... sorry, ... bidder! I'm SCSI ignorant- is SCA SCSI the same as u320?
BTW, GREAT price! How do they get away with undercutting the new product market like that?
On ebay you always pay 25 to 40 percent the new price on scsi drives. I bought a HUGE lighted entertainment center for $2 on ebay. Probably cost 4 grand new.....I bought a 56" TV for $300.
I buy all my stuff on eBay from cowboy boots to cpu's.
Its fun really.
Tex