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Hi, I'm wondering which config will give me the fastest speeds. Two 400 gig, 16mb cache 7200RPM drives RAIDed or the 400 gig with a 72 or 36 gig 10krpm Raptor? I use this machin…

Quote: Originally Posted by 2009059 Hi, I'm wondering which config will give me the fastest speeds. Two 400 gig, 16mb cache 7200RPM drives RAIDed or the 400 gig with a 72 or 3…

What matters more to you, seek time or throughput?

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell What matters more to you, seek time or throughput? I'm guessing RAID would be throughput, raptor be seek time? I'm leaning towards RAID…

More to the point, what do you need RAID 0 for? It's reliablity is terrible. If you don't have a purpose for it, you shouldn't use it.

Do you need the storage more? Or do you need speed?

2009059: You got it. I think a 74GB Raptor and a 500GB Hitachi is a better solution for everything except video editing (where you'll want the space and the throughput). So my answ…

Quote: Originally Posted by new newton More to the point, what do you need RAID 0 for? It's reliablity is terrible. Its failure rate would be exactly twice that of a one-dri…

Quote: Originally Posted by Cadaver Its failure rate would be exactly twice that of a one-drive system. I'm not sure about this, but what about the added variable of the sof…

So reliability and space I would go for raptor and RAID for speed? I guess I should go raptor then. Thanks everybody.

The RAID will give you higher throughput and more space. The Raptor and another drive will give you marginally better reliability and lower latency (for files on the Raptor).

Quote: Originally Posted by Cadaver Its failure rate would be exactly twice that of a one-drive system. It's been a long time since my last statistics course, but that's in…

Quote: Originally Posted by 2009059 So reliability and space I would go for raptor and RAID for speed? I guess I should go raptor then. Thanks everybody. I think I had rea…

Quote: Originally Posted by Cadaver I think I had read that 150GB Raptor drives are coming shortly. Something to think about. thanks for that, I'm going to wait for thos…

The Raptor 150 Go review can be found here: http://www.storagereview.com/article...500ADFD_1.html

Quote: Originally Posted by new newton It's been a long time since my last statistics course, but that's incorrect. You're combining chances of drive failure, not doubling them.…

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Do you have the Dension ice-link dock cable?

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How much for an iSkin Protouch?

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which video cards do you have from ATI ? looking for a Radeon 9000 Pro 128mb AGP ........

Quote: Originally Posted by bowwowman which video cards do you have from ATI ? looking for a Radeon 9000 Pro 128mb AGP ........ Sorry, I can only get the following: Radeon…