2 WD 150 gig Raptor hard drives, one for windows, application, and game installation. The other for data.

pcslookout

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Does anyone have this kind of setup or something like it on their pc right now? If so what is your setup and how do you like it ? Do you think it was worth spending the money even though you could of got a lot more hard drive space? I don't think I really need a lot of hard drive space because I can burn a lot to dvds so it doesn't use all my hard drive space.

You don't have more than 10 or 20 games installed at once as well for the most part and if each game is 5 GB, worst case scenario. 20 games would be 100 GB thats still leaves a good 30 GB at least, if you don't want to fill the first WD 150 gig hard drive for windows and applications. That should be enough for applications and windows. Even 20 GB would be but not all 20 games are going to be 5 GB though. Some less maybe some more but even if it even out its ok.

The second 150 gig for data should be fine as long as you don't keep to much stuff on hard drives. All the stuff you want to have quick access to, up to 70 gig maximum should be fine and is more than enough. Stuff that is not as important for quick access can easily go on dvds for later review, for if you want to really keep it or have you really ever used it. Even if you do most stuff you put on dvds you don't use much anyway. I hardly keep anything because I like to purge. No use of keeping everything.

Then the 74 gig for backup is great for your emails, favorites, application exe files if you must keep them, image backups of your system for quick restore later on if need be!
 

Synomenon

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Why do you need to start another thread? Next time if you have a question related to the subject you have in another current thread, ask it in that original thread.

Anyway, at this point I'd wait for WD to release a refresh of the Raptor line or RAID a couple of Seagate's 7200.10 drives.
 

pcslookout

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Originally posted by: IsLNdbOi
Why do you need to start another thread? Next time if you have a question related to the subject you have in another current thread, ask it in that original thread.

Anyway, at this point I'd wait for WD to release a refresh of the Raptor line or RAID a couple of Seagate's 7200.10 drives.

Won't those new Raptors be more expensive ? Do you think the next Raptor will be 300 gigs and 15,000 rpm to compete with the new 1 TB drive?
 

ribbon13

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icky...

so... anyways heres my current configs:

Primary workstation
raid-0 2x 4GB M-systems SSD
8mb 74gb raptor
200gb seagate 7200.7
400gb 8mb western digi

multi-server (file/print/scanner/disc ripper/DVR/firewall/domain controller)
150gb raptor
ide 100gb
ide 200gb
ide 250gb
RAID6 10xWD5000YS on Areca 1261ML
RAID5 8xWD4000KD on 3ware 9500S-8MI

backup server (network patch cable usually unplugged / keep my financial programs on this machine :p)
RAID5 4x120GB 3ware 7506-4LP
 

ch33zw1z

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Originally posted by: ribbon13
icky...

so... anyways heres my current configs:

Primary workstation
raid-0 2x 4GB M-systems SSD
8mb 74gb raptor
200gb seagate 7200.7
400gb 8mb western digi

multi-server (file/print/scanner/disc ripper/DVR/firewall/domain controller)
150gb raptor
ide 100gb
ide 200gb
ide 250gb
RAID6 10xWD5000YS on Areca 1261ML
RAID5 8xWD4000KD on 3ware 9500S-8MI

backup server (network patch cable usually unplugged / keep my financial programs on this machine :p)
RAID5 4x120GB 3ware 7506-4LP

You sir, have quite a bit of extra $ layin around!
 

pcslookout

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Mar 18, 2007
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Originally posted by: ribbon13
icky...

so... anyways heres my current configs:

Primary workstation
raid-0 2x 4GB M-systems SSD
8mb 74gb raptor
200gb seagate 7200.7
400gb 8mb western digi

multi-server (file/print/scanner/disc ripper/DVR/firewall/domain controller)
150gb raptor
ide 100gb
ide 200gb
ide 250gb
RAID6 10xWD5000YS on Areca 1261ML
RAID5 8xWD4000KD on 3ware 9500S-8MI

backup server (network patch cable usually unplugged / keep my financial programs on this machine :p)
RAID5 4x120GB 3ware 7506-4LP

Nice but doesn't going from the raptor to the ide hard drives off your mult-server and primary workstation slow you down ? Don't you notice the difference and it starts getting annoying ?
 

ribbon13

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No, not at all, in fact the IDE drivers are in mobile racks and only serve as scratch space for 'despindling.' The arrays are all accesible over a load balanced dual-gigabit LAN w/Super Jumbo framing. I can access files over my network with a faster STR than you can access your internal hard drives. :p

''despindling' is a service i perform for friends who have three or four seperate hard drives in their system and a crapload of spindles of un-blank discs laying around the house and haven't discovered the joy of a RAID6. I've already converted several of my friends over to Areca 1231MLs! It's the way of the future! :p