wd raptor rocks...

[LED]

Originally posted by: shuttleteam
Sandra is a poor metric of HDD performance. It doesn't make my SCSI array break any sweat at all.

-DAK-

Not on SATA... Sandra is better then ATTO and/or HDTAch until they get updates...Only a fool would think that the Raptors in RAID with this 1st Gen SATA could beat 1 long time established expensive SCSI RAID set-up.

 

[BD231]

Raptor should not be compared to SCSI at this point, SCSI still owns in the places it's ment to.

 

[sharkeeper]

Raptor should not be compared to SCSI at this point, SCSI still owns in the places it's ment to.

Right on! I'm sick and tired of all these "SCSI killer" comparisons.

Sandra is and always will be a junk tool for HDD comparisons.

ATTO needs no updates, it's useful when properly implemented. The results are faithful and track closely to the hardware's capability and problems are easily detected. HDTach's biggest flaw is the inability to adjust the read/write block sizes when running the tests! It does record accurate access times, however.

-DAK-

 

[BD231]

Kinna sucks they mentioned nothing of CPU usage in the Raptor review as well :frown:.

 

[LED]

I think HDtach needs 1 patch cause I don't believe the CPU uts...ATTO seems to have the Raptors maxed out with the larger transfer file size, although the platters are prolly saturated. Sisoft attempts to combine both benchmarks along with Winbench. My score with JB's on a Shuttle MoBo and Highpoint comes close to these. I take all these benches lightly and as stated...nothing is going to beat SCSI lovin in RAID ...I'm comparing the Raptors with other IDE RAID solutions as even the HD is not pure SATA ...waiting for the SI update drivers.

 

[Technonut]

Just to throw in my benchies... Raptors in RAID0 / BH7 / HighPoint RocketRAID 1520:

Sandra

ATTO

PCMark2002


EDIT: The Raptors run as hot as a $2.00 pistol though..

 

[RandySavage]

The raptors are quiet.... and they do run a little hot... but most hd's do and I would suggest cooling for any hd.

Sandra (newest) 67412
PCMark02 2361

Raid 0, Abit IC7

BF1942 loads 3-5 seconds faster per map. Boot time is decreased by 3-5 seconds... (even with raid bios)

I personally like them a lot...

I paid $147 for each of mine.... from my wholesaler... 2 thumbs up so far.

PS, the small cables are awsome!

 

[GnomeCop]

finally got done setting them up on my system.

they are indeed fast as hell. They are not loud, but I would not call them quiet. My system was silent before and not the raptor drives are the only thing I can hear from my system. Still the sound was way a lot better than I thought it was gonna be, well worth the speed.

Don't know about them getting hot, havent checked, but they are in the front of the case near some good intake airflow so that shouldnt be a problem.

5 year warranty anyways.

 

[sharkeeper]

I wonder how that setup would work under pressure?

I've tried this (although restricted to 128, 64 would actually crash because there was not enough memory to load the registry and necessary services!) and I gotta tell you it pounds the crap out of whatever drive the paging file is on! IDE drives are about as useful as tits on a bull, SCSI drives fare better but still make you want to pour gin on the SCA box! I guess 10k SATA would fare somewhere in between.

-DAK-

 

[WyteWatt]

How does the WD Raptor feel in speed when it is 18 to 30 gigs full compared to only 8 to 10 gigs full ? I know it will feel slower when its more full but can you notice it as much as lets say a 40 gig IDE HD when it gets that full?

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: shuttleteam
Sandra is a poor metric of HDD performance. It doesn't make my SCSI array break any sweat at all.

-DAK-

What the F kind of array is that?!? That's some awesome performance! :Q

 

[erikiksaz]

I'm going to take a poke at this, but i'm not sure of what i have to say

I'd think the drive would perform the same whether it has 1 gig or 10 gigs stored onto it. The problem isn't with the amount of info on the hard drive, it's with fragmentation of that info. So long as you defragment, i can't imagine a hard drive performing slower as it was filled (unless you don't defragment of course)

 

[sharkeeper]

What the F kind of array is that?!? That's some awesome performance!

Four 36GB X15 36LP Cheetahs in RAID0 on LSi MegaRAID Elite 1600.

-DAK-