raptor HD?

grunt · Post by **grunt** » Sun May 16, 2004 7:37 pm

I have the nf7-s and was considering getting another raptor to make a raid so it will be faster. I currently have the 40gig special edition but can only find the 37.6gig raptors. Can I still pair them up? Will this be a noticeable difference when or if I do it?

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Sun May 16, 2004 8:05 pm

you can raid any two drives as long as they are the same size. if you have to 37.6 gig raptors then a raid 0 is no problem. yes it will be faster than a single drive, and much faster than your 40gig special edition drive.

grunt · Post by **grunt** » Sun May 16, 2004 8:11 pm

ok so i cant raid a 37 and a 40.... Shiot

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Sun May 16, 2004 8:18 pm

not on a nf7-s, with a nf3 250gb or a nf2 400gb maybe

Post by **Apoptosis** » Mon May 17, 2004 2:01 am

Raptor's are 10,000RPM and the Special Edition is only 7,200RPM. Think of it driving a car with the front tires doing 100mph and the back tires doing 72mph. It just wouldn't work right!

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:58 am

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2101
This is a good article disecting RAID 0 in a single user desktop environment using two 74Gb Raptors and I think it my be an eye opener.
Personally, I just use one 74Gb Raptor for all my programs and OS and then I have another 120Gb Seagate IDE drive for mass storage and backups and its great.

Oh yeah, and trying to RAID those two drives would not work right, sorry