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Raid-0 confusion

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intrex

Junior Member
Hello,

I have been trying to decide on all the components for a new system for about a month now. I am just wondering about some contradictary information that I have been reading on this site. I wanted to get some peoples thoughts on this.

In The (Buyer's Guide: High End System - July 2004)

Under Storage it says "There are genuine performance advantages to a SATA RAID array, and a RAID 0 Array with two of the fastest SATA drives that you can buy makes for a blistering high end system."

The drives that are discussed in this article are Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA.

In one of the lastest articles entitled "Western Digital's Raptors in RAID-0: Are two drives better than one?"

This was written in the conclusion.

"Final Words

If you haven't gotten the hint by now, we'll spell it out for you: there is no place, and no need for a RAID-0 array on a desktop computer. The real world performance increases are negligible at best and the reduction in reliability, thanks to a halving of the mean time between failure, makes RAID-0 far from worth it on the desktop."

This makes me a little worried about following recomendations for the high end system.
 
lol, yeah those recommendations are pretty disparate, huh? Most people here will advise you against blowing the extra cash for RAID, unless you have a real need for it. Hell, a lot of people even discourage getting a Raptor due to low capacity and higher noise.
 
That's right, Anandtech is contradicting themselves. Hopefully this doesn't happen in the future.

BTW the general quality of AT's articles had gone downhill lately IMO.
 
LOL!


That's like going to a public bathroom, flushing the toilet. And then the water comes splashing in your face. And while you leave the bathroom, there is a sign that says, "Danger, water might hit you in the face".

Either way, that's got to be an embarrassment to an editor.
 
Originally posted by: intrex
What do you guys recomend for a hard drive on a high end system?

Oh and Reg Lewis Black rules.
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LOL! Black on Broadway! Everytime its on I have to watch it 😉


If you had the money to shell out for a 2nd generation Raptor, do so.

Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 would be my 2nd choice.

If you want to save some cash, even the 7200 8 MB cache 120 GB Western Digitals pack a good enough punch for you to consider. Even though not as extreme as the SATA counterparts listed above.
 
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