JustAnAverageGuy
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if the new 36.7 model is under $150, I'll probably get one of those ... unless the "old" 36.7 model gets extremly cheap really quickly.
Originally posted by: Pariah
You people obviously aren't SCSI owners. That's a pretty darn good price. Especially considering it hasn't been released yet. After the novelty wears off and the price normalizes at something lower, this drive will be pretty much unbeatable if it lives up to performance expectations.
Originally posted by: syadnom
what i do instead of raptors:
I have an 18.2GB seagate 15,000rpm scsi with 3.6ms access time on a scsi160 controller. whole setup cost me $90. This drive is far faster than a raptor and since i use it for my OS('s) and games, it is plent big for the job. I have other ata drives for storage because it doesn't need to be nearly as fast and wd1200jb's are just fine for that purpose.
The speed different is incredible loading apps or loading windows or linux. well worth $90
Originally posted by: syadnom
what i do instead of raptors:
I have an 18.2GB seagate 15,000rpm scsi with 3.6ms access time on a scsi160 controller. whole setup cost me $90. This drive is far faster than a raptor and since i use it for my OS('s) and games, it is plent big for the job. I have other ata drives for storage because it doesn't need to be nearly as fast and wd1200jb's are just fine for that purpose.
The speed different is incredible loading apps or loading windows or linux. well worth $90
Ok, so do these new Raptors support TS&CQ or not?
Originally posted by: mcveigh
same as me I run a 15.3 cheetah 9 gig on a tekram U160 card.
I have some other scsi and ide drives for storage
Originally posted by: dexvx
Originally posted by: mcveigh
same as me I run a 15.3 cheetah 9 gig on a tekram U160 card.
I have some other scsi and ide drives for storage
There are no Cheetah X15.3's in 9GB form. The minum for the X15.3 and the X15 36LP is 18GB. The 9GB goes to the first generation X15 Cheetah, which although fast, is considerably slower than the X15.3 and most of the newer 10K SCSI drives.
What did you hear? The new 74 Gig drive or the 37 Gig drive? I've heard they are a bit on the loud side which has kept me away. 2 of them in RAID would not help. The new 74 Gig with the FDB is supposed to be better.Originally posted by: stickybytes
i would get a raptor only if it wasnt so darn loud.
they had one on display on my local comp shop and they were loud babies!
i have my comp in my bedroom and i dont need anymore noise. the neighbors music is more than enough...
I'm not saying which is better (SCSI probably is) but with SATA cards that can connect 4, 8, and 12 devices LinkOriginally posted by: MrEgo
This is an enterprise drive? I thought you could only place a single SATA device per port? I know there's raid for SATA, but I see many servers with 4+ HDD's
SCSI still seems like a better idea for this market.... you can connect 15 (correct me if I'm wrong) devices on the same line?
I'm not saying which is better (SCSI probably is) but with SATA cards that can connect 4, 8, and 12 devices Link
go to page 2 and look at "Escalade Serial ATA RAID Controllers" and you will see what i am talking about
now really it is your call whether or not daisy chaining 15 drives (and setting SCSI IDs) and just hooking each one directly to the controller is better... to be honest i would probably prefer the second option...
Josh
Originally posted by: syadnom
what i do instead of raptors:
I have an 18.2GB seagate 15,000rpm scsi with 3.6ms access time on a scsi160 controller. whole setup cost me $90. This drive is far faster than a raptor and since i use it for my OS('s) and games, it is plent big for the job. I have other ata drives for storage because it doesn't need to be nearly as fast and wd1200jb's are just fine for that purpose.
The speed different is incredible loading apps or loading windows or linux. well worth $90
i for one dont want a 36gb harddrive... ive been waiting for the new raptors for months and months (80gb is about as small as im willing to go for my boot drive, and the 74gb raptor is close enough )Originally posted by: Dormant
I don't understand why WD wants to make the Raptor drives bigger. 36GB is more than enough for an O.S. I think the other improvements to the Raptor drives is a wonderful idea though. The FDB and faster access times are more than welcome. The harddrive companies should be using their resources to design 500GB 5400RPM drives with 1meg of cache. We need more cheap Mass-storage solutions to share massive amounts of DIVX/Xvid movies. I figure I could fit all of my Movies on a half-terra no problem, but I can't afford $500 Canadian per 250gb. Think about how nice it would be if you could bring a terrabyte over to a friends place in a hot-swapable caddy and move 10 years worth of movies in one night!
Originally posted by: Dormant
I don't understand why WD wants to make the Raptor drives bigger. 36GB is more than enough for an O.S. I think the other improvements to the Raptor drives is a wonderful idea though. The FDB and faster access times are more than welcome. The harddrive companies should be using their resources to design 500GB 5400RPM drives with 1meg of cache. We need more cheap Mass-storage solutions to share massive amounts of DIVX/Xvid movies. I figure I could fit all of my Movies on a half-terra no problem, but I can't afford $500 Canadian per 250gb. Think about how nice it would be if you could bring a terrabyte over to a friends place in a hot-swapable caddy and move 10 years worth of movies in one night!
Originally posted by: Boonesmi
i for one dont want a 36gb harddrive... ive been waiting for the new raptors for months and months (80gb is about as small as im willing to go for my boot drive, and the 74gb raptor is close enough )Originally posted by: Dormant
I don't understand why WD wants to make the Raptor drives bigger. 36GB is more than enough for an O.S. I think the other improvements to the Raptor drives is a wonderful idea though. The FDB and faster access times are more than welcome. The harddrive companies should be using their resources to design 500GB 5400RPM drives with 1meg of cache. We need more cheap Mass-storage solutions to share massive amounts of DIVX/Xvid movies. I figure I could fit all of my Movies on a half-terra no problem, but I can't afford $500 Canadian per 250gb. Think about how nice it would be if you could bring a terrabyte over to a friends place in a hot-swapable caddy and move 10 years worth of movies in one night!