Ok guys, would love a bit of advice in setting up the following
PATA 133 Seagates
120Gb and 2Mb Cache
160Gb and 8Mb Cache
SATA 150 Hitatchi
320Gb and 16Mb Cache
Currently I have the following partitioning and I am not totally happy with it
Hitatchi
140G Games images / 40G Applications / 60G Install (Apps & Games) / 59G ???
Seagate 160G
50G Windows / 30G Vista RC2 / 72G Backup
Seagate 120G
6G Swap / 100G Documents / 9G Acronis Images
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Currently I have the following issues;
a. I dont know if to raid 0 or raid 1 the two seagates.
b. I know my SWAP partition is on the slowest drive, would putting this on the hitatchi speed things up?
c. I know my Windows Install is on the second slowest drive.
d. I don't think I have partitioned things right.
e. My Documents on the slowest drive. Should I put this on the Hitatchi?
f. If I install windows on 320G then this will conflict with any data access on the fastest drive. (I want to start video editing)
I have done a speed test on the drives.
Hitatchi averages 61Mb/s
Seagate 160G averages 56Mb/s
Seagate 120G avearges 49Mb/s
So that extra cache and better technology in the drives is making itself known. But how to benefit from this using my current setup. Any advice?
PATA 133 Seagates
120Gb and 2Mb Cache
160Gb and 8Mb Cache
SATA 150 Hitatchi
320Gb and 16Mb Cache
Currently I have the following partitioning and I am not totally happy with it
Hitatchi
140G Games images / 40G Applications / 60G Install (Apps & Games) / 59G ???
Seagate 160G
50G Windows / 30G Vista RC2 / 72G Backup
Seagate 120G
6G Swap / 100G Documents / 9G Acronis Images
-------------------------------------------------
Currently I have the following issues;
a. I dont know if to raid 0 or raid 1 the two seagates.
b. I know my SWAP partition is on the slowest drive, would putting this on the hitatchi speed things up?
c. I know my Windows Install is on the second slowest drive.
d. I don't think I have partitioned things right.
e. My Documents on the slowest drive. Should I put this on the Hitatchi?
f. If I install windows on 320G then this will conflict with any data access on the fastest drive. (I want to start video editing)
I have done a speed test on the drives.
Hitatchi averages 61Mb/s
Seagate 160G averages 56Mb/s
Seagate 120G avearges 49Mb/s
So that extra cache and better technology in the drives is making itself known. But how to benefit from this using my current setup. Any advice?