hard drive question?

[mikef208]

Do ATA100 hard drives actually transfer data at 100Mb/sec.? I am trying to decide between SCSI, or IDE raid?

 

[majewski9]

Most drives only average 40MB/s! It is a severe limitation on IDE! A raid setup is very nice since you could get a 200MB/s burst, but I am not sure what the average is. SCSI is real nice, but comes with a price. An u160 controller is 100+ dollars and drives are very pricey when compared to IDE. If you can afford SCSI or a dual IDE setup for raid then more power to you. Keep in my mind Raid does have drawbacks!

 

[mikef208]

What drawbacks does raid have, aside from being more likely to lose data?

 

[flood]

raid0 = no peace of mind :-]
raid1 = sleep easy

 

[mikef208]

Man you guys make it sound like running raid 0 is a death wish. Even with two drives, the chances of losing your data are still very slim.

 

[QuestionsandAnsweres]

<< Man you guys make it sound like running raid 0 is a death wish. Even with two drives, the chances of losing your data are still very slim. >>



your correct as long as your drive is a new maxtor or western digital............

if its a new ibm then your 100% wrong.

 

[thorin]

ATA100 means the interface is 'able' to transfer 100MB/Sec unfortunately today's drives barely give a reason to upgrade to ATA66, given that the best IDE drive on the market only pushes ~38MB/Sec sustained.

Thorin

 

[John]

I find raid0 on a pair of 60GXP's to be the best combination of IDE drives. Those that have problems with the 75GXP/60GXP's will speak differently. However I have no problems with mine.

 

[QuestionsandAnsweres]

<< find raid0 on a pair of 60GXP's to be the best combination of IDE drives. Those that have problems with the 75GXP/60GXP's will speak differently. However I have no problems with mine. >>



thats correct for SPEED. yet that is one of the most unreliable combinations also

PS: this is from all the horrid things ive read in alot of different message boards. my friend has a IBM right now (bought him just to see how they are). hes had it for 2-3 weeks now and its not dead yet. still im waiting for that phone call hehe

 

[QuestionsandAnsweres]

thing is tho im thikning alot of the 60GXPs are dieing cause of heat. if people had good cooling for there rdives they wouldnt have this proble (this is what im hoping it is)

thats why i got a NICE HSF thingy for the hard drive (its called the ULTIMATE HARD DRIVE COOLER)

wasnt using it so figured better safe than sorry

 

[mikef208]

Well i am running a couple of maxtors, so hopefully I am okay, plus they are actively cooled