feedtheducks
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WD VelociRaptor. decent price.
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300GB SATA VelociRaptor $186 shipped
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nobody_here
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because all hard drives perform the same, the only difference is the capacity right?
you should google Velociraptor reviews and benchmarks and see why they charge so much for an "only 300Gb drive"
those considering the Velociraptor should also consider this article that was posted on the front page here, but i cant find it right now
You could always just raid the two hitatchi 1TB drives...and it would still be cheaper...only $140, plus you'd have......6X the space,.
I don't mean to thread crap, but what are you doing spewing so much fud about something you have little knowledge about?
Soft raid is still not going to get you VelociRaptor speed, and by the time you buy a good hardware raid controller, you've ponied out a lot of money.
Tax kills the HD deals. Now waiting on the $200 for 2x1.5TB drives again.
In regards to the Vraptor, it's no question it's overpriced. WD6401AALS gives almost similar performance, and if you're willing to shell out 2 bills for an OS drive, pretty sure at this point you've already jumped on SSDs.
In regards to the Vraptor, it's no question it's overpriced. WD6401AALS gives almost similar performance, and if you're willing to shell out 2 bills for an OS drive, pretty sure at this point you've already jumped on SSDs.
Arcygenical
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Absolutely would not be.
The VR shines in access speed - something RAID0 tb drives don't match. Throughput != access speed.
I've paid $1 per gig for the 15k rpm SAS i think it is totally worth it. I also have a X-25M in a laptop and is quite fast but in terms of real world usage the SAS in RAID0(4) are quite close.
http://www.techwarelabs.com/seagate_1-5tb-mod/all/1/
For those interested, this seems like a good option.
For those interested, this seems like a good option.
Doesn't matter the 7200.11 still nowhere near the i/o performance of a VR. Oh wait the VR has almost 40% more i/o i don't think a simple short stroking will get u there. For the same reason a SAS 15k can't compete against a good SSD drive. I mean a single SSD do feel faster than 4x SAS in raid 0.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009-3.5-desktop-hard-drive-charts/IOMeter-2006.07.27,1034.html
What do you mean "Wuh? Ugh". Are you jumping on the insults bandwagon too?
He just said a 300GB basic hard drive will not have the performance of a 300 GB Velociraptor, let alone a 1TB. How exactly is "wuh ugh" a legitimate response?
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Xaero_toast
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Unless they drop their price, and fix the random write performance issues, I'd still rather have a raptor.hope you get your drives before intel drop their SSD prices
btw, deal appears dead for me. Won't take the coupon code.