Only 90GB left on my 1.5TB drive

[AdamK47]

I only have 90GB left on my 1.5TB Seagate 7200.11. I really want to get two 1.5TB drives with three 500GB platters and 7200 RPM and run them in RAID-0. None of this "green" marketing junk drives. Anyone know where I can get two drives like this? I know drives with 500GB platters are out there.

 

[a123456]

As of this moment, I'm not aware of any mainstream 1.5TB 7200RPM, 500GB/platter drives. The closest ones are the current 1.5TB 7200.11 ones that you have already at 375/platter or the WD 2TB Black.

 

[heymrdj]

Whats your backup plan for that?

 

[BlackBabyJesus]

Seagate 7200.11's are still the best at 1.5tb

 

[Emulex]

when are the constellation 2TB 3.5" going to be out? or is that just the 7200.12 for consumer

 

[AdamK47]

Originally posted by: heymrdj
Whats your backup plan for that?

I use Acronis True Image to backup everything but my C:\Games directory (which is 1.3GB+). The games directory is copied across a 1GB SpinPoint F1 and a 750GB 7200.10. When I get new drives, the 1.5TB drive I have now will be used for backups.

 

[AdamK47]

I've been thinking of getting three 1GB 7200.12 Seagate drives. The drive has two 500GB platters with 32MB of cache. Three of them in RAID-0 would give me great sustained transfer rates. I want to get the drives setup and everything copied over from my current 1.5TB drive before Windows 7 is released next month. My version of Acronis True Image doesn't work with Windows 7. Once everything is moved to the array I can do an in place upgrade to Windows 7 and keep everything installed.

 

[pjkenned]

Just as a FYI I copied my Win 7 Ulti x64 boot drive to a Vertex SSD using Maxblast (by Acronis) two weeks ago.

 

[AdamK47]

Originally posted by: pjkenned
Just as a FYI I copied my Win 7 Ulti x64 boot drive to a Vertex SSD using Maxblast (by Acronis) two weeks ago.

Is it free? If not, how much is it?