I've been planning on getting a Raptor when I build my system, but my financial situation doesn't like that idea. So, I pose this question, what is the fastest 7,200rpm drive under $100? I'm thinking of putting two of these in raid-0 and having both speed and storage taken care of. If I just got a 74 gb raptor I'd probably soon be screwed for storage. I hear the DiamondMax 10 is right on the heels of the raptor, but thats the 300GB version which costs a lot, and I don't think the 160GB version achieves the same performance.
Fastest 7,200 RPM drive?
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I think you should be more concerned with "reliability" than speed man. ESPECIALLY in a Raid 0 setup - where the "mean time before failure" of the Raid 0 system effectively gets cut in half. [I can give you more details on this calculation, if you are interested].
I think it this respect Seagate is the leading candicate. Even though it might not be the "fastest". All of them should be close enough tho :-\.. So I'd recommend getting a couple of Seagates.
I think it this respect Seagate is the leading candicate. Even though it might not be the "fastest". All of them should be close enough tho :-\.. So I'd recommend getting a couple of Seagates.
Maxtor makes the fastest 7200rpm harddrives, but they are not reliable. The best harddrives come from western digital (reliable) and seagate (the quietest, extremly reliable too, I have one)
Many people here claim that having 2 harddrives in RAID 0 would be just as fast as a raptor, so go with 2 Seagate or Western Digital's with the appropiate amount of space you can see your self using.
Many people here claim that having 2 harddrives in RAID 0 would be just as fast as a raptor, so go with 2 Seagate or Western Digital's with the appropiate amount of space you can see your self using.
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If you cant afford a 10,000 RPM drive, but your looking for the fastest?
Look for at least 8mb of cache, and a low seek time.
Look for at least 8mb of cache, and a low seek time.
Yes I realize how raid-o effects MTBF. Western Digital claims that Raptors are reliable enough for intense server duty, so I don't think that should really be an issue with them.
I guess I won't go with a maxtor since everyone says they light on fire
. I've only had experience with WDs and some Quantum Fireball 30GB on my old desktop. I really don't feel like having a drive fail on me, so I'll make sure to go with WD or Seagate, probably WD.
As far as seek time goes... aren't even the fastest 7200rpm (any I can remember) drives all at 9ms? 8mb is a given. 16 would be nice.
I guess I won't go with a maxtor since everyone says they light on fire
. I've only had experience with WDs and some Quantum Fireball 30GB on my old desktop. I really don't feel like having a drive fail on me, so I'll make sure to go with WD or Seagate, probably WD.As far as seek time goes... aren't even the fastest 7200rpm (any I can remember) drives all at 9ms? 8mb is a given. 16 would be nice
.Western Digital is the best hard drive company around in my opinion, Seagate is good, but I just like WD better since I have never had an issue with them and they are the only drive company I have ever used.
This is only true in unreal enviroments such as SiSandra benchmarking, in real world applications its been shown that the performance benefit gained from RAID 0 is no where near to double. I have a RAID 0 array, and it is fast, but that may just be because I'm using low capacity 10K RPM drives with it.
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i can testify that 2 seagate in raid0 is actually alot fast thatn 1 raptor and its actually only a little behind 2 raptors in raid0. i would def look at either 2 80gig or 2 120gig seagates and ur best bet. when i get abit of cash together i want another 2 to have all four of them in raid0
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grego said:Yes I realize how raid-o effects MTBF. Western Digital claims that Raptors are reliable enough for intense server duty, so I don't think that should really be an issue with them.
I guess I won't go with a maxtor since everyone says they light on fire
As far as seek time goes... aren't even the fastest 7200rpm (any I can remember) drives all at 9ms? 8mb is a given. 16 would be nice
Not all drives have 8mb cache. Alot still have 2mb
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