Raptor worth it ?

I'll check the jumpers tonight..... when I set up the array I used the "Easy RAID" feature on the mobo and I think it defaulted to the standard stripe size, not sure what that is though ? Perhaps I should reset it with a different stripe size once I work out what it is at present.

Windows, Games etc are on the Raptor, Music / Video / Docs are on the RAID array.... I think therefore I would be better off with a larger stripe size ??
 
Ok maybe you can help with these speeds they seem low did the long test on both my drives, they both 8 meg cache ones too a 200gig sata and a 36 gig raptor.

Maxtor 6B200MO BANC1B70
Random Access 13.4ms
CPU Utilization 1%(+/-2%)
Average read 53.7mbs
Burst Speed 136.4mbs

WDC WD360GD-00FNA0 35.06K.35
Random Access 8.6ms
CPU Utilization 2% (+/-2%)
Average read 49.5mbs
Burst Speed 105.0mbs

Short test
Maxtor 6B200MO BANC1B70
Random Access 13.8ms
CPU Utilization 1%(+/-2%)
Average read 52.1mbs
Burst Speed 137.0mbs

WDC WD360GD-00FNA0 35.06K.35
Random Access 8.7ms
CPU Utilization 1% (+/-2%)
Average read 49.5mbs
Burst Speed 105.2mbs

I have posted in another thread but as this about these seems a good one, my raptor has started sounding ill of late like a saw cutting metal grinding sound it comes and goes, was going to replace that and the 200gig with a 320 sata2 16meg cache what i was wondering is why my drives are showing such low scores in the tests and would this perform a lot better than what i currenly have.
 
People are forgetting Random Access times - the Raptor is below 8ms on good days - some of the newer drives are like 13ms - this difference plays big in some programmes - eg Music programmes!
 
jidh007 said:
My 74gb Raptor is pretty nice, like you I wasn't fussed at all about boot up times, but in games I seem to notice some sort of difference, maybe it's just because I want to see a difference though? I'm not sure.
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lol
 
To follow up on this, I'd like to post some HDTach graphs.

1. WD Caviar 80Gb 7200RPM SATAII 16Mb Cache

HDTach_Single.JPG


2. 2x 74GB WD Raptor 10k RPM SATA 16Mb Cache (RAID0)

HDTach_Stripe.JPG
 
Ill add a pic of my 8mb cache raptors

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Was thinking about the 16mb raptor but Dr_Evil screen shot above isnt too convincing to change, thought they would have been faster :o
 
Trox said:
Was thinking about the 16mb raptor but Dr_Evil screen shot above isnt too convincing to change, thought they would have been faster :o
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Yes, its does look bad doesnt it.

Either that or yours is looking good.

What boards are you and The Doc running on?

The Motherboard can make a massive difference to the speed of the HD, so perhaps his Mobo is crippling his HD access?????
 
Trox said:
Ill add a pic of my 8mb cache raptors

tach.PNG


Was thinking about the 16mb raptor but Dr_Evil screen shot above isnt too convincing to change, thought they would have been faster :o
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Exactly what 2 drives is the graph above for Trox?
 
Raptors are good but I got a feeling these new Vista hybrid flash/hard-drive memory based Hdds will proove even faster.... Even a 10gig drive would be worth it perhaps just to whack on Vista and then perhaps your fav game ;)
 
... looks like one of my raptors is dodgy - tried combinations of 3 hdds and with one drive out of the loop I get 245mb/s burst speed and 119 average read - still not quite what i should be getting - but better
 
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