Decided to try it again.....

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 11:19 pm

Got another 2 SATA WD Raptors. this time the 74GB Flavor.
Had the 36Gb ones prior. I am very impressed with the speed again, they are quieter IMHO and run a bit cooler I feel. I chose a larger stripe (128K) this go round vs. the small 16K stripe i used in the past. I see better transfer times with BIG files vs with the small stripe I saw faster access times. These drives truly rock and I love the long warranty period (5 years).

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 12:14 am

This is my 36GB WD Raptors in RAID0 16 cluster/16 stripe.

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 12:17 am

Maybee I shoulda kept the 16Kb Stripe....tinker tinker.

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 12:40 am

These are my Raptors on my recently RMA'd MSI KT6 Delta LSR ( cold boot probs ) w/ 32K stripe & 32K cluster....

DFI o/b sil3114 RAID controller is not anywhere near as good as the VIA 8237 southbridge integrated SATA/RAID.

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 11:23 am

ok reformated and clustered to 16KB/16K Stripe. A little better. Using Intel integrated Raid0.

BillyGoat · Post by **BillyGoat** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 1:08 pm

Nice transfer there dave- what MB?

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 1:46 pm

ABIT IC7-Max3

CaterpillarAssassin · Post by **CaterpillarAssassin** » Sat May 08, 2004 7:43 pm

drool...you people with money suck. I wish i could buy cool stuff like that.