I'm looking to buy 2 40GB drives to use in a RAID 0 setup, which drives are best for this purpose? I heard the IBM 120GVP drive work good in a RAID array. I know of all the trouble people had with IBM HD's but I had 2 75GXP's and 1 60GXP and never failed me.
Whats the best 40GB drive for IDE RAID
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My vote goes for the IBM, I was talking with my tech bud at falcon Northwest the other day and went into a discussion about RAID. Following his advice in regards to the performance numbers given by 120GXP's, definately reconsider your options. IBM has done alot of research and developement to fix problems with the past issues regarding the 75 line of hard drives. Whenever you use RAID, your living dangerously to begin with, its a fantastic drive you'll be satisfied with 
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John, I'm planning on buying two 40GB 120GXP's as well. For 40GB performance, IBM can't be beat. An FYI, I've never had a problem with my 30GB 75GXP. It's been running 24x7 for a year and a half now with nary a problem.
Originally posted by: jbond04
John, I'm planning on buying two 40GB 120GXP's as well. For 40GB performance, IBM can't be beat. An FYI, I've never had a problem with my 30GB 75GXP. It's been running 24x7 for a year and a half now with nary a problem.
Why is it in man's nature to completely ignore any signs of danger until something bad actually happens? Exactly how much faster is a 120GXP RAID 0 array to a Seagate Baracuda IV one? Why on earth would you be willing to take such a risk?
People amaze me.
Ya know there are some serious RAID issues with some of the Seagate Barricuda IV drives right now. Seems that some of the Barricuda drives have lousy RAID performance. I guess (from reading earlier posts) that Seagate will swap these with RAID optimized drives free of charge. Do a search on it and you will see what i'm talking about.
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Get a couple of Maxtor 740 series drives. They are ata133, 2mb, 7200rpm. Never had a problem with my maxtors. Had a friedn of mine say his moms computer had a bad maxtor so he gave it to me. I formated it and it will be going in my Linux Box
I use a pair of D740X "L's" in raid 0
HD Tach version 2.61
Drive: MAXTOR 6L060L3 A93.
Access time: 12.4ms
CPU utilization: 7.0%
1789 zones to be tested (65536kb zones)
Burst speed: 107504kps
Average read speed: 35188
HD Tach version 2.61
Drive: MAXTOR 6L060L3 A93.
Access time: 12.4ms
CPU utilization: 7.0%
1789 zones to be tested (65536kb zones)
Burst speed: 107504kps
Average read speed: 35188
Now that I have done some reading on RAID 0, I'll think I'll pass and just stick with my current WD 1200JB
Maxtor's D740X (which has the speediest seek times available for IDE) is the perfect choice for RAID0.
BUT...
I would seriously reconsider an IDE RAID0 setup, however. IDE is not the proper subsystem for a RAID configuration. You don't get true hardware RAID (unless you're looking to drop $250-300 minimum for a hardware IDE RAID controller), the drives simply aren't built to handle the demands of RAID. They tend to fail much easier and quicker. SCSI is the only choice for RAID, both from a performance as well as reliability aspect.
BUT...
I would seriously reconsider an IDE RAID0 setup, however. IDE is not the proper subsystem for a RAID configuration. You don't get true hardware RAID (unless you're looking to drop $250-300 minimum for a hardware IDE RAID controller), the drives simply aren't built to handle the demands of RAID. They tend to fail much easier and quicker. SCSI is the only choice for RAID, both from a performance as well as reliability aspect.
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