WD Raptor

[dwilliams]

Okay, I am going through upgrade withdrawls and I am thinking of buying a
74GB Raptor. I am planning to use it as my system drive and will move an
80gb Maxtor DiamondMax9 over for use as a video "scratch" disc and another
80GB Maxtor DM9 as a files drive. I have a third 80GB DM 9 in an external
enclosure used for weekly back-up (in addition to a DVD burner to back-up
offsite). The reason I am looking to buy a new HD is to free-up a drive to
use only for video editing. Does anyone have a better strategy??? I
suppose I could get a less-expensive 5400rpm HD for the file storage, but
the Raptor sounds so fast..

 

[anon]

I have a 74GB Raptor for the system I'm going to put
together this weekend. I haven't even built it yet and I
already getting the "upgrade withdrawals".

From reading other posts on this board, using 2 Raptors set
up Raid 0 would be a lot faster (maybe near twice as fast)
than the single Raptor. Two 36GB Raptors can be had for
about the same price as one 74GB Raptor. Better yet, I am
thinking of getting another 74GB Raptor and set them up Raid
0.

Decisions, decisions --
Al

 

[Eric Gisin]

I have a 74GB Raptor for the system I'm going to put
together this weekend. I haven't even built it yet and I
already getting the "upgrade withdrawals".

From reading other posts on this board, using 2 Raptors set
up Raid 0 would be a lot faster (maybe near twice as fast)
than the single Raptor. Two 36GB Raptors can be had for
about the same price as one 74GB Raptor. Better yet, I am
thinking of getting another 74GB Raptor and set them up Raid
0.

Nonsense. Get a single 74GB, access time is a ms better than 2 36GBs (in raid
0).

 

[Wayne Youngman]

Nonsense. Get a single 74GB, access time is a ms better than 2 36GBs (in raid
0).

Hi,
true but access times ain't the be-all-and-end-all of the Raptors. I was in
the same situation regarding what new drives to get, and after much
consideration I opted for 2 x 36GB Raptors (to be run in a RAID-0 array). 2
smaller Raptors will eat one larger one. To *realise* the full potential of
Raptors I think it's best to go RAID-0.

having said that one 74GB now, and another when the prices come down is a
nice thought. I just have no need for anything over 70GBs on my RAID-0.

hehe just like you guys I have the new hardware but didn't install it yet

HardwareZone.com Two Raptors Better Than One
http://tinyurl.com/2fxls

 

[Art Wakefield]

Perhaps others can comment more intelligently than I on this. It seems you
would want your faster disk as the video editing disk, not the system disk.
I boot from a ATA-133 Diamond Max 120 and have SATA drives in RAID 0 for
video editing. I tried it the other way around and I found render times to
be higher. Access time is really not important for video editing that i've
seen, but sustained throughput sure makes a difference.

Any other folks that edit video please feel free to correct me if this is
viewed as bad advice. It's worked well for me.

Art
P.S. This is also a question that could be asked on alt.video.dvd.authoring
or alt.video.dvd.tech as these groups are dedicated to the hardware and
software configurations meant for video.

 

[Z Man]

I have a 74GB Raptor for the system I'm going to put
together this weekend. I haven't even built it yet and I
already getting the "upgrade withdrawals".

From reading other posts on this board, using 2 Raptors set
up Raid 0 would be a lot faster (maybe near twice as fast)
than the single Raptor. Two 36GB Raptors can be had for
about the same price as one 74GB Raptor. Better yet, I am
thinking of getting another 74GB Raptor and set them up Raid
0.

Keep in mind that in a RAID0 configuration, if either drive fails, you loss
all your data.