SATA questions...

Ben_UK · Aug 18, 2003, 12:07 AM

Hello,

Looking to repalce my current IDE hard drive with a SATA hard drive.

Looking at getting two Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB Serial ATA 10000RPM hard drives

Want to run them in RAID 0 on a Abit IC7 mother board.

Anyone had experience running theses in a RAID 0 setup ?

RAID 0 is for performace right ?

Running 2 in RAID will give me 73.4GB of space right ? (36.7Gb x 2)

I am going to see a nice performace increase right

Thanks

WildChild · Aug 18, 2003, 05:53 AM

Good choice raptors are real good as far as scsi,
I personally dont have them runnin but i have read very good reviews about em being run in a raid 0 setup,
Yes its for performance,
Yes it'll read the drives as one drive,
And the performance increase would vary pending on your other system components.

Hope this helped

Vampyromaniac · Aug 18, 2003, 05:54 AM

I've never run a RAID setup, but I think the answer to all your other questions is: yes.

EDIT: just saw that wildchild replied before me, lol

blah · Aug 18, 2003, 06:10 AM

I have several Raid 0 setups. I also have a Raid 5 setup as well. Its a yes to all your questions. except for one SATA is nice but its no
SCSI Don't let any one tell you that.
Yes its very nice especialy since I work on a CAD station makes the job that much easier because load time are ten times better, downside is that I lost me numerous coffee breaks.

Sharkims · Aug 18, 2003, 06:28 AM

My primary Raptor just died. I had them in RAID 0...

Vampyromaniac · Aug 18, 2003, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sharkims
My primary Raptor just died. I had them in RAID 0...

oh crap

Judas · Aug 18, 2003, 06:53 AM

The only problem you could ever face is ... having one hardrive fail...... or trying to upgrade for more hd space..... if you have such as a 30gb and a 40gb... and raid 0..... or raid 1...... the 10GB on the 40gb will be made useless as they have to be EXACTLY the same size..... (which sucks)....

Driver 7 · Aug 18, 2003, 07:02 AM

I just purchased 2 120gig 7200 Maxtor diamondback Serial ATA hard drives and I have them on Raid. They are hella fast. I have no regrets about spending damn near $500 dollars for them. Thats how good they run. The only drawback for me is my Raid driver is coded SCSI and PCmark01 will not run SCSI for the HDD bench. I'm sure I could pull off 1st in the fastest rig competition with a complete score. But It's a small price to pay for this kinda speed and stability. I installed XP in 8.5 min. today.

Sharkims · Aug 18, 2003, 07:06 AM

With my Raptor's it took me 5 minutes

Driver 7 · Aug 18, 2003, 07:10 AM

lol. If I could type over three words per min we would have been neck and neck.

Wanna race

Sharkims · Aug 18, 2003, 07:20 AM

Hah, I can't one of my Raptors died.

Judas · Aug 18, 2003, 07:28 AM

..... i wonder what my barton 2500+ would pull for installing XP Pro..... i used to do it under 10-12 minutes with my 1900+

Ben_UK · Aug 18, 2003, 10:30 AM

Cheers lads

Think i will place my order now

Ben_UK · Aug 21, 2003, 11:40 AM

Hello,

Got my new hard drives setup up

Running 2 Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB Serial ATA 10000RPM hard drives in a RAID 0 array in my Abit IC7 mobo, along with a P4 3.0C, 1Gb PC3200 RAM and Radeon 9800 Pro 128Mb

Getting these results,

What u think, does that look good to you ?

Also using a 16k stripe size.

Thanks

WildChild · Aug 21, 2003, 04:34 PM

run ATTO itll give you a better reading....

Vampyromaniac · Aug 21, 2003, 06:16 PM

nice!

Judas · Aug 21, 2003, 08:15 PM

those are extremely good figures..... i'd be happy with them....

Aug 18, 2003, 12:07 AM	#1
Ben_UK DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK - Nottingham Posts: 106 Rep Power: 0	SATA questions... Hello, Looking to repalce my current IDE hard drive with a SATA hard drive. Looking at getting two Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB Serial ATA 10000RPM hard drives Want to run them in RAID 0 on a Abit IC7 mother board. Anyone had experience running theses in a RAID 0 setup ? RAID 0 is for performace right ? Running 2 in RAID will give me 73.4GB of space right ? (36.7Gb x 2) I am going to see a nice performace increase right Thanks

Aug 18, 2003, 05:53 AM	#2
WildChild I'm Still Watching Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Jersey,U.S.A. Posts: 1,068 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Good choice raptors are real good as far as scsi, I personally dont have them runnin but i have read very good reviews about em being run in a raid 0 setup, Yes its for performance, Yes it'll read the drives as one drive, And the performance increase would vary pending on your other system components. Hope this helped __________________ Knowledge is SCARY,Stupidity is REALLY frightening

Aug 18, 2003, 05:54 AM	#3
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	I've never run a RAID setup, but I think the answer to all your other questions is: yes. EDIT: just saw that wildchild replied before me, lol __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250 Last edited by Vampyromaniac; Aug 18, 2003 at 06:51 AM.

Aug 18, 2003, 06:28 AM	#5
Sharkims Seen my brain? Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: WA,USA Posts: 760 Rep Power: 0	My primary Raptor just died. I had them in RAID 0... __________________ System-1: MSI K8N Neo Platinum \|\| A64 3200+(200x11) - Zalman 7000A-AlCu \|\| 1x1gb OCZ PC3200@400(3-3-3-7) \|\| 9800XT \|\| WD Raptors 2x36 RAID0 System-2: MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R \|\| P4 2.4c(FSB:200) - Intel Cooler \|\| 2x256 GEIL PC3200@400(2-3-3-6) \|\| AIW9000 \|\| WD SE 120x2 RAID0 System-3: DELL Inspiron 9100 \|\| P4 3.0c(mobile) \|\| 2x256mb PC3200(3-3-3-8) \|\| Mobility Radeon 9700 - 128mb \|\| WSXGA+ 15.4" \|\| 60gb 5400RPM 8mb

Aug 18, 2003, 07:02 AM	#8
Driver 7 Discombobulated NVidiot Join Date: May 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC - CANADA Posts: 1,015 Rep Power: 0	I just purchased 2 120gig 7200 Maxtor diamondback Serial ATA hard drives and I have them on Raid. They are hella fast. I have no regrets about spending damn near $500 dollars for them. Thats how good they run. The only drawback for me is my Raid driver is coded SCSI and PCmark01 will not run SCSI for the HDD bench. I'm sure I could pull off 1st in the fastest rig competition with a complete score. But It's a small price to pay for this kinda speed and stability. I installed XP in 8.5 min. today. __________________ [COLOR=Black]Asus A8N Deluxe SLI, AMD64 4200 X2 Dual Core, 2x 6800's, Corsair TwinX PC4000 DDR500, Yamaha F1 cdrw, Soundblaster Audigy 2, 2 SATA 120 gig Maxtor HD's, Raid 0 array, Altec Lancing 5.1 Surround Speakers, Thermaltake Xaser III Case, Stealth 470w Power supply, 21.3" Samsung widescreen, MX1000 Lazer mouse.[/COLOR]

Aug 18, 2003, 06:10 AM	#4
blah DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 78 Rep Power: 0	I have several Raid 0 setups. I also have a Raid 5 setup as well. Its a yes to all your questions. except for one SATA is nice but its no SCSI Don't let any one tell you that. Yes its very nice especialy since I work on a CAD station makes the job that much easier because load time are ten times better, downside is that I lost me numerous coffee breaks.

Aug 18, 2003, 07:06 AM	#9
Sharkims Seen my brain? Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: WA,USA Posts: 760 Rep Power: 0	With my Raptor's it took me 5 minutes __________________ System-1: MSI K8N Neo Platinum \|\| A64 3200+(200x11) - Zalman 7000A-AlCu \|\| 1x1gb OCZ PC3200@400(3-3-3-7) \|\| 9800XT \|\| WD Raptors 2x36 RAID0 System-2: MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R \|\| P4 2.4c(FSB:200) - Intel Cooler \|\| 2x256 GEIL PC3200@400(2-3-3-6) \|\| AIW9000 \|\| WD SE 120x2 RAID0 System-3: DELL Inspiron 9100 \|\| P4 3.0c(mobile) \|\| 2x256mb PC3200(3-3-3-8) \|\| Mobility Radeon 9700 - 128mb \|\| WSXGA+ 15.4" \|\| 60gb 5400RPM 8mb

Aug 18, 2003, 07:10 AM	#10
Driver 7 Discombobulated NVidiot Join Date: May 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC - CANADA Posts: 1,015 Rep Power: 0	lol. If I could type over three words per min we would have been neck and neck. Wanna race __________________ [COLOR=Black]Asus A8N Deluxe SLI, AMD64 4200 X2 Dual Core, 2x 6800's, Corsair TwinX PC4000 DDR500, Yamaha F1 cdrw, Soundblaster Audigy 2, 2 SATA 120 gig Maxtor HD's, Raid 0 array, Altec Lancing 5.1 Surround Speakers, Thermaltake Xaser III Case, Stealth 470w Power supply, 21.3" Samsung widescreen, MX1000 Lazer mouse.[/COLOR]

Aug 18, 2003, 07:20 AM	#11
Sharkims Seen my brain? Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: WA,USA Posts: 760 Rep Power: 0	Hah, I can't one of my Raptors died. __________________ System-1: MSI K8N Neo Platinum \|\| A64 3200+(200x11) - Zalman 7000A-AlCu \|\| 1x1gb OCZ PC3200@400(3-3-3-7) \|\| 9800XT \|\| WD Raptors 2x36 RAID0 System-2: MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R \|\| P4 2.4c(FSB:200) - Intel Cooler \|\| 2x256 GEIL PC3200@400(2-3-3-6) \|\| AIW9000 \|\| WD SE 120x2 RAID0 System-3: DELL Inspiron 9100 \|\| P4 3.0c(mobile) \|\| 2x256mb PC3200(3-3-3-8) \|\| Mobility Radeon 9700 - 128mb \|\| WSXGA+ 15.4" \|\| 60gb 5400RPM 8mb

Aug 18, 2003, 10:30 AM	Thread Starter #13
Ben_UK DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK - Nottingham Posts: 106 Rep Power: 0	Cheers lads Think i will place my order now

Aug 21, 2003, 11:40 AM	Thread Starter #14
Ben_UK DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK - Nottingham Posts: 106 Rep Power: 0	Hello, Got my new hard drives setup up Running 2 Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB Serial ATA 10000RPM hard drives in a RAID 0 array in my Abit IC7 mobo, along with a P4 3.0C, 1Gb PC3200 RAM and Radeon 9800 Pro 128Mb Getting these results, What u think, does that look good to you ? Also using a 16k stripe size. Thanks

Aug 21, 2003, 04:34 PM	#15
WildChild I'm Still Watching Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Jersey,U.S.A. Posts: 1,068 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	run ATTO itll give you a better reading.... __________________ Knowledge is SCARY,Stupidity is REALLY frightening

Aug 21, 2003, 06:16 PM	#16
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	Benny nice! __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250