fishtankfish Posted January 26, 2005 Posted January 26, 2005 Ok, Im thinking of jumping to a Western Digital Raptor. How much of a performance increase would there be between two raptors in a RAID 0 set-up compared to a single raptor? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Posted January 26, 2005 Posted January 26, 2005 ~70mb/s with one and about ~115-130mb/s with two. Also multitasking seems to go a lot faster. Like I can copy/paste large files and still game @ the same time with little loss of fps. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkdmaster Posted January 26, 2005 Posted January 26, 2005 yeah, everything loads fast with 1 raptor, but when i put 2 in raid 0 they fly, i load far cry and Doom 3 levels in like 5-15 seconds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravy Posted January 26, 2005 Posted January 26, 2005 i read that raid 0 actually hurt performance because of the redundancy...?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderChicken Posted January 26, 2005 Posted January 26, 2005 raid-0=no reduncy raid-1=redundancy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted January 26, 2005 Posted January 26, 2005 Raid 0 is anti-redundancy. If either drive goes, they're both screwed. But it's almost twice as fast. Raid 1 (mirroring) allows you to make two copies of everything, so if you lose one, you're ok. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchuwato Posted January 26, 2005 Posted January 26, 2005 there's not much point to having raid1 if you're gaming. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishtankfish Posted January 27, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 ~70mb/s with one and about ~115-130mb/s with two. Also multitasking seems to go a lot faster. Like I can copy/paste large files and still game @ the same time with little loss of fps. 404861[/snapback] Ok, so how would that compare to what i have now? I have a WD 7,200rpm IDE HDD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LobbDogg Posted January 27, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 A RAID 0 setup with raptors would be a fairly big increase in performance over what you have now, 1 raptor would be an increase but harder to really notice. When I'm doing video editing type work, I notice a major increase in performance with RAID 0 Raptors compared to just 1. For example, when I'm using DVD2One... 1 raptor - Average of 10-15 minutes to do video files. 2 raptor in raid 0 - Average of 3-5 minutes to do the same video files. And yes loading games/maps etc. Lots of ram will help out with this area though too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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