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Four Western Digital?s Raptor 150 GB in RAID-0 { REVIEWED }

Very nice, but since I already have two of the Raptor 74s in RAID 0, and I don't need any more storage space, I see no compelling reason to upgrade.
 
Not many real world tests there. It was a review written for enthusiasts, but it neglected to mention any way that putting 4 of the drives in RAID0 would benifit you (w00t! i can transfer gigabit files even faster! Wow! Umm, when do i do that?)

What is interesting is that there's almost no performance increase from the 74 to the 150. Which seems to contradict the review at storage review.
 
Originally posted by: 007ELmO
74x2 is weak sauce low space!
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darn right.

i've got 750GB split between 3 drives and i want more! i think a TB between 4 drives is good enough for me.
 
Originally posted by: Bobthelost
Not many real world tests there. It was a review written for enthusiasts, but it neglected to mention any way that putting 4 of the drives in RAID0 would benifit you (w00t! i can transfer gigabit files even faster! Wow! Umm, when do i do that?)

What is interesting is that there's almost no performance increase from the 74 to the 150. Which seems to contradict the review at storage review.
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A high sustained transfer rate is essential in video editing systems. This is why most all are still using SCSI...
The "Holy Grail" of editing systems is to achieve real time rendering of multiple streams of uncompressed 32bit HDTV video. While CPUs are fast approaching this goal, the disk I/O is sorely lagging. This is especially true for lower cost HDD systems...
One of the major goals for SATA is to eventually catch up and then surpass SCSI at a much lower cost. While the system they tested is quite pricey, it is FAR cheaper than an equivalent SCSI array.
 
Based on that review, I see absolutely no reason to get 4x150GB Raptors. They don't have load time benches, which is the only thing Raptors actually make a difference in with home use.
 
Originally posted by: MegaRoll
Originally posted by: BFG10K
I wish more websites would test game load times.
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Weird how the name of the website is "GamePC" but they dont provide the game load times.
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They're not really a review site. They're an online retailer that writes up reviews of some of the products they sell. Their storage reviews are among the worst on the net for accuracy and usefulness, and have been on the do not read list for years. This review is just another example of why.
 
Being that some here feel my setup of two Raptor 74s is "weak sauce low space"; that is fine, but everbody has different needs (or wants) and I am content. As for a whole TB of space, if you can use it -- more power to ya.
 
Originally posted by: BOLt
Originally posted by: 007ELmO
74x2 is weak sauce low space!
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darn right.

i've got 750GB split between 3 drives and i want more! i think a TB between 4 drives is good enough for me.
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QFT.

I have 820GB over 4 drives and still need more....
In the next year I'll be getting a new case and (5) 300GB HD's for all me media needs.
 
Originally posted by: Viditor
A high sustained transfer rate is essential in video editing systems. This is why most all are still using SCSI...
The "Holy Grail" of editing systems is to achieve real time rendering of multiple streams of uncompressed 32bit HDTV video. While CPUs are fast approaching this goal, the disk I/O is sorely lagging. This is especially true for lower cost HDD systems...
One of the major goals for SATA is to eventually catch up and then surpass SCSI at a much lower cost. While the system they tested is quite pricey, it is FAR cheaper than an equivalent SCSI array.
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You learn something new everyday. Ta. 🙂
 
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