Which HDD, help me

[nokicky]

I really need some help choosing a hard drive. i basically want 800gb+ to store uncompressed dvds on. Would two standard 400gb ide drives do the job or would play back be jerky when they were full. shold i go for ide, sata, raid (which one!?) someone please help! thanks

 

[Ned_Flanders]

I'd get 4*200 Gig RAID 0, but there obviously is no redundency.

8*200Gig Raid 0+1?

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[CaptainK]

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[RichPLS]

I would get something like a pair of <A HREF="http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/marketing/detail/0,1081,630,00.html" target="_new"> Barracuda 7200.8 SATA NCQ (ST3400832AS) </A>- 400GB w/8-Mbyte buffer 7,200 RPM, a 8-ms average latency and a 5-year warranty.
and I would run them as boot drive and data drive instead of RAID 0.
These are plenty fast enough to play video up to full drive capacity.





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[RichPLS]

[Native Command Queing] NCQ generates measurable benefits, especially in the area of performance, producing vastly improved performance with highly transactional workloads. The performance benefit can amount to an addition of as much as a 10K SATA drive's performance. NCQ is complementary to several performance-boosting features that are part of the SATA protocol. Additionally, as a result of its command and data handling, NCQ reduces the mechanical wear and tear on drives and improves their endurance.

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[Crashman]

You might be a good candidate for Tom's WindowsXP RAID 5 settup. You could use 4 200GB drives without the added expense of a RAID5 controller, and have redundancy.

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[RichPLS]

4x200GB drives in RAID 5 will give you usable 600MB space, not the 800 he wants.

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[Crashman]

True, forgot about that, 4x250MB would be close.

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[jihiggs]

if your just storing dvds why do you need increased performance? i would think that security would be what you were after.

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[Crashman]

RAID5 gives you security at a minimal loss of space. RAID1 gives you security at a maximum loss of space.

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