Where to buy a raptor???

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dstroot

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OK - I know they are out and YodaYoda posted links to a bunch of vendors - BUT I am more concerned with service than price. Can anyone recommend a vendor that they have bought a raptor through and had a good experience? Thanks in advance!!!

- Dan
 
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Krk3561

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Few billion years too late to buy a raptor...

j/k

use pricewatch and look up the company's reseller rating, there are a bunch of good places: Atacom, Monarch Computers, Essential Computer...
 
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dstroot

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Thanks - looked on pricewatch but can't seem to find any seller ratings - I am I missing something...??
 
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techfuzz

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Originally posted by: adhoc
You mean RAID 0 (striping)? RAID 1 is redundancy, for integrity...
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No I do mean RAID 1, better read performance comes with a RAID 1 setup. I learned a long time ago not to trust desktop class hard drives. I'm still not sure about the Raptor even though it has the Enterprise label attached to it.

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Excelsior

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No, Raid 1 IS for redundancy.

"RAID-1 maintains an exact mirror of the data on one disk on another disk. If one of the active RAID disks is removed (or fails), the data are still intact. If there are spare disks available, and if the system survived the crash, reconstruction of the mirror will begin immediately on one of the spare disks. If there is no spare disk, the system will continue to run on the remaining good disk, until you can obtain and install a replacement disk. RAID-1 is an effective, inexpensive way to help to ensure that your system stays up when you have a hard disk failure."

RAID-0 is for speed. Another AT guy striped his two Raptors and got very impressive results.
 
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lbhskier37

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in RAID-1 you have twice the number of heads going, so I think read speeds improve somewhat without the reliability problems of raid 0
 
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occupant

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insight.com has it for $180 shipped, which is a decent price for a respectable merchant. They also ship hard drives in big foam-lined boxes, unlike the pricewatch crooks. I once read a resellerratings review from someone who claimed his drive was shipped in one of those FedEx plastic envelopes, no padding.

Also, I've never understood why the pricewatch hard drive listings are the shadiest of the shady, compared to other components.
 
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Originally posted by: Krk3561
Few billion years too late to buy a raptor...

j/k

use pricewatch and look up the company's reseller rating, there are a bunch of good places: Atacom, Monarch Computers, Essential Computer...
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grrr.... i was thinking something along the prehistoric ages too.. darn you!

Bill
 
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techfuzz

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No, Raid 1 IS for redundancy.

"RAID-1 maintains an exact mirror of the data on one disk on another disk. If one of the active RAID disks is removed (or fails), the data are still intact. If there are spare disks available, and if the system survived the crash, reconstruction of the mirror will begin immediately on one of the spare disks. If there is no spare disk, the system will continue to run on the remaining good disk, until you can obtain and install a replacement disk. RAID-1 is an effective, inexpensive way to help to ensure that your system stays up when you have a hard disk failure."

RAID-0 is for speed. Another AT guy striped his two Raptors and got very impressive results.
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in RAID-1 you have twice the number of heads going, so I think read speeds improve somewhat without the reliability problems of raid 0
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All these statements are correct. My intention though is to ensure the integrity of the data on my boot drive AND increase the read speed by utilizing a RAID 1 setup. Read speed increases almost 2x with a RAID 1 setup, while write speed stays at 1x.

RAID Levels Explained

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