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Thanks Paul, very interesting.
John
"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
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> In article <de1ehg$d4h$1@nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>, "John G"
> <john.greenleaf@OMITbtinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> I need to replace the harddrives I have configured as Via Raid 1 on my
>> P4P800. What drives perform best in this configuration on this mo bo
>> please?
>> Thanks
>> John
>
> To get some feel for what is fast, use the database here. Select
> a criterion and the database will sort them in order.
>
>
http://www.storagereview.com/comparison.html
>
> The fastest (convenient) way to RAID two disks, is using Western
> Digital Raptor SATA disks. Seeks might be a bit noisy, but the disks
> spin at 10K RPM, which reduces their average read service time
> (seek) and gives them a good STR (sustained transfer rate).
>
> The best (7200 RPM) IDE appears to have an STR of 60MB/sec and
> read service of 12.1 milliseconds. The best SATA (the 10000 RPM
> WD Raptor) has an STR of 71.8MB/sec and read service of
> 8.1 milliseconds.
>
> The lower the read service time, the faster the head can move
> from track to track. That is important when transferring a lot
> of small files. A high STR is important for transferring the
> really big files. If you are compiling software, you might want
> a low read service time. If doing Photoshop, a high STR helps.
>
> The STR quoted above, is at the beginning of the disk. The
> end of the disk is slower. About 66% for the IDE drive, and
> 75% for the Raptor (suggesting the Raptor is short stroked,
> meaning the ratio of inner to outer diameter is not the same
> as its IDE competitors).
>
> If you need additional SATA ports for your motherboard, a
> PCI card with a SIL3112 RAID controller is an option. Then
> you could use the Raptors. There are also four port SIL3114
> PCI cards, which might be nice for a 0+1 four disk config.
>
> In terms of brands, everyone has had a disk failure or two at
> some point in time. (If you use S.M.A.R.T, that might give you
> some warning of impending doom.) Rather than bad mouth every
> brand, I'll say the last four drives I bought were Seagate.
> Even though my first failed disk was a 2GB Seagate
>
> The Storagereview database also has heat and noise data, which
> can be important if the computer sits next to you.
>
> Paul
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