whats best jumper setting on raptor 150gbs

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hi guys, posting this topic, maybe its been discussed before, but im new to this :), 1stly ive just bought 2 x 150gb raptors and im gonna run them in raid0, but whats the best jumpers setting/setings on the hard drive, it seems confusing to a noob like me, im after ultimate speed and performance hence raiding those 150gbs loool ;)
 
What do you mean jumper settings? My most recent drive (Seagate 7200.10, SATA II capable) has one jumper which either delimits the drive to SATA II mode when off or keeps it to SATA mode when on. I don't know if your motherboard supports SATA II so you will need to look into that.

If you are talking about Raid0 then you will need to enter the Raid 'bios' and build the array, if you have anything on the drives currently it will be wiped. You might need to set the stripe size, 64k or 128k tend to give the best overall performance compared to space wasted. Also if you aren't aware of the benefits/downsides of Raid0 fully yet then I'd suggest a read of one of the many guides available on the internet first, it does increase your risk of data loss so you will need a good backup strategy. :)
 
naro said:
there is no jumper settings at all for the Raptors..
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Like naro said, you dont change the jumpers, just leave them as they are. SATA drives arent like IDE drives which sometimes neef the jumpers changing
 
thanks fo all the replys guys, im new to raid etc, as you se, also is it possible before i install my 2x raptors, to copy the data from my maxtor hard drive, or will i just fresh install,??? :confused: p.s whats best stripe size for me to use in raid 0, when im mostly a gamer i.e 64k 128k etc :confused:
 
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Fresh install, as you will have to build a RAID array. But Ive never used RAID so wouldnt know when. Plus, it would probably send windows scatty if you just copied everything over.
 
In theory if you put the Raid drivers onto your Maxtor you could copy the data across using something like Norton Ghost and it should work but it won't be as clean as a fresh install so I'd suggest the fresh install.

As for the 64k, 128k question, do you mainly work with very small files (under 64k) or 64k+? If the latter then I'd go for 128k but it is always going to be a toss up slightly between speed and wasting space.
 
The RAID stripe isn't like FAT clusters, you don't waste any space by having a larger stripe. What it does determine is how fast data can come back because it has to come back a stripe at a time so for retrieving a lot of small files you might have to discard a large proportion of the data returned when using large stripes. Conversely if you have a small stripe you have to pull a lot back for a big file, it's not as much of a hit as small files in a big stripe but it's still there.
 
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