That one's a tougher call. The 1st gen Raptors (WD360GD) aren't near the performers of the 2nd and 3rd gens--they're also louder and run hotter. Two of them in a RAID0 (the striping really isn't going to help much--it doesn't aid single-user performance much except on very specific access patterns) could be bested by a latest-generation 7.2k SATA drive--though I imagine it'd be close. You'd probably be best served by splitting the two 360GD's into one for OS and one for pagefile.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Maki > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 12:29 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] RAID0 SATA vs. single disk SATA 2 > > Thanks Wayne, Tharin and Greg for your replies and insights. So the > consensus is that 2 1st generation Raptors in RAID0 would be the better > choice for a boot/OS drive than a new SATA 2 drive? > > Would love one (or even better, two) of the new 150 GB Raptor drives, > but > they are too $ at the moment for my budget. > > Thanks, > > Jim Maki > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wayne Johnson > > > I have 10k 72g Raptors in a Raid 0 array & it's faster than anything > > else that I have [sata 1 or 2]
