raid 0 vs WD VelociRaptor

ronss · 12-15-2008, 09:37 PM

okay.,,,question- there is not doubt that the WD VelociRaptor is probably the fastest single serial ata hard drive in existance, i will not arque that...but would it not be better to just buy a couple of segate 7200.11 320gb seagate barracuda, and run them in raid 0 ....you are looking at $100 vs $300..

**raptor_pa** · 12-15-2008, 09:40 PM

7200.11 drives have some issues, I would not trust them in a Raid0 config.

BoT · 12-15-2008, 09:42 PM

depends, the raptors as well as the velociraptors are not just faster in data transfer but also in access time.
so you might be able to match or even beat the raptor in transfer speed but not in access time.

now you could say that access times are not really that important but that depends on what you use it for

ronss · 12-15-2008, 09:43 PM

okay...thanks ..i have 3 of the 7200,s by seagate. the raptor is tempting ..

12-15-2008, 09:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
ronss Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: PHOENX ,AZ Posts: 7 OS: VISTA	raid 0 vs WD VelociRaptor okay.,,,question- there is not doubt that the WD VelociRaptor is probably the fastest single serial ata hard drive in existance, i will not arque that...but would it not be better to just buy a couple of segate 7200.11 320gb seagate barracuda, and run them in raid 0 ....you are looking at $100 vs $300..

12-15-2008, 09:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 2,826 OS: XP	Re: raid 0 vs WD VelociRaptor 7200.11 drives have some issues, I would not trust them in a Raid0 config.

12-15-2008, 09:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
BoT Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: earth Posts: 374 OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate x64 My System	Re: raid 0 vs WD VelociRaptor depends, the raptors as well as the velociraptors are not just faster in data transfer but also in access time. so you might be able to match or even beat the raptor in transfer speed but not in access time. now you could say that access times are not really that important but that depends on what you use it for __________________ MainStation: Q9450@3.6 8x450 (Swiftech H20-220) \| ASUS P5Q-E (MCW30)\| OCZ Platinum 4x2Gb PC8500 @ 900 Cas4-4-4-10 \| eVGA 9800GT 512Mb (Obsidian) \| WD Raptor 2x74Gb Raid0

12-15-2008, 09:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
ronss Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: PHOENX ,AZ Posts: 7 OS: VISTA	Re: raid 0 vs WD VelociRaptor okay...thanks ..i have 3 of the 7200,s by seagate. the raptor is tempting .. Last edited by ronss; 12-15-2008 at 09:44 PM.