Is This A Typo?

[Seekermeister]

I'm looking for a replacement for a sick SATA drive, and found this:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp...yId=pcmcat33200050001&id=1138086736642

This question is that it gives the transfer rate at 100MB/s, while all of the other SATAs simply say 150MB/s. Is there something that I just don't understand?

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
I'm looking for a replacement for a sick SATA drive, and found this:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp...yId=pcmcat33200050001&id=1138086736642

This question is that it gives the transfer rate at 100MB/s, while all of the other SATAs simply say 150MB/s. Is there something that I just don't understand?

doesn't really matter considering it won't even transfer at 100MB/s anyway

 

[Seekermeister]

I just tested my Maxtor SATAs with HD Tach, and it says that they are transferring at 114.8MBs. Admittedly, that not much better than 100MBs, but then one of my drives is sick.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
I just tested my Maxtor SATAs with HD Tach, and it says that they are transferring at 114.8MBs. Admittedly, that not much better than 100MBs, but then one of my drives is sick.

You have RAID, which uses two separate drives not one. Don't worry about the transfer speed of those drives..its not going to limit you

 

[Seekermeister]

I realize that I'm rather thick headed about some things, but since it's a raid 1 array, it would seem like they array is only as strong as it's weakest link, and the HD Tach rating would be higher, if the array were healthy. In any case, I'm still wondering if there is any real difference between SATA l drives...in terms of transfer speeds.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
I realize that I'm rather thick headed about some things, but since it's a raid 1 array, it would seem like they array is only as strong as it's weakest link, and the HD Tach rating would be higher, if the array were healthy. In any case, I'm still wondering if there is any real difference between SATA l drives...in terms of transfer speeds.

There is but it is not dependent on the speed of the connection. To see the transfer rate you will have to look at reviews

 

[Seekermeister]

One other point that I have been wondering about, is that the drive that I'm replacing is 80GB, but with prices being what they are, I'm looking at 160GB. Since I can't afford to replace both drives at the same time, I'm thinking about dividing the 160GB so that the first partition is equal to the old drive, and using the remainder for other partitions. Is there any reason that this would not work?

 

[Greenman]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
One other point that I have been wondering about, is that the drive that I'm replacing is 80GB, but with prices being what they are, I'm looking at 160GB. Since I can't afford to replace both drives at the same time, I'm thinking about dividing the 160GB so that the first partition is equal to the old drive, and using the remainder for other partitions. Is there any reason that this would not work?

I don't think it can be done, at least, the hardware in my computer won't do it.

 

[Seekermeister]

If that is so, then what happens to the extra space on the drive...does it just disappear?

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
One other point that I have been wondering about, is that the drive that I'm replacing is 80GB, but with prices being what they are, I'm looking at 160GB. Since I can't afford to replace both drives at the same time, I'm thinking about dividing the 160GB so that the first partition is equal to the old drive, and using the remainder for other partitions. Is there any reason that this would not work?

From my experience, RAID chips work at the hardware level, not the logic level, so you couldn't tell it to view a partition on a physical disk. Also, if you do end up doing it, you'll effectively lose the extra 80GB as the RAID tool should render it useless as long as you use the array.

 

[Seekermeister]

Hmm, what if I use some form of raid other than that which is built into the motherboard?

 

[gramboh]

Intel Matrix can do taht, e.g. multiple RAID levels (0 and 1) on a 2 drive array but you need an Intel mainboard to do it.

 

[Seekermeister]

If Intel can do it, it must be possible... some how. What if I use a SATA raid controller card?