here is
an interesting little thread about TCQ and NCQ and specifically what the Raptor implements and what cards support it
while maybe not strictly related to HDs, it would be great if you could answer questions that are repeatedly debated regarding pagefile location
on the system partition?
on a different partition?
on a different drive?
one part on each partition?
one part on each drive?
end of drive? (faster xfer rate)
middle of drive? (less head travel)
and maybe cover some sound measurements like over at silentpcreview
and maybe performance as it relates to heat and maybe how hot a drive can get before it starts dropping bits
and maybe the consequence of having a 2nd hd and/or cd drive on the same ide channel
and maybe cover solid state drives, including those that plug into the pci bus and those that plug into an ide cable, both persistent and non-persistent
and of course how different raid implementations affect everything
and maybe how different busses (PCI, PCI-X, PCIe) affect stuff
and maybe you could cover external storage options like usb2 and firewire and eSATA (highpoint proprietary) and scsi->sata bridges which seem popular
and since lots of people would like to add storage but don't have any space for expansion, a review of affordable SAN options (if that's not an oxymoron)
and maybe some of the more intelligent raid-1 controllers that should be able to approach raid-0 performance (on READ only)
and maybe test hardcore straight bandwidth by capturing hdtv (
as in this thread) at over 300MB/s
and maybe i have too many ideads and questions and should just go to bed