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new hard drives finally. yay for raid
started by duck91
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November 20th 2006 at 10:34 PM
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duck91
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Location: Port Huron, Mi, USA
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well ive been slowly building up my computer that i use for testing, gaming and acts as a server. here are a few of the other pieces that i have gotten for it along with a ati radeon x850xt which just died again on me  the only thing that i didn't upgrade was the hard drive, i was still using a old 30 gig WD that i had laying around. about 4 days ago i got sick of running out of room so i bought two Seagate 400 gig barracudas, there the older non perpendicular drives but thats fine. their sata 2 drives running raid 0. i have everything backed up elsewhere so im not worried about that. wow what a differnce, no worry about space and boy are they fast.
from an average of 25 mbps to 107 
95 indy xlt special- stock, 1.25" track, camoplast skis and a DG can.
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November 21st 2006 at 8:20 AM
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Not too bad. Here is a single 320gb perpendicular drive on my system. (forced to sata1 because I don't have a sata2 controller) Oh yeah, in the pic is also my 160gb drive.
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November 21st 2006 at 8:31 AM
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Oh yeah, and check this out. I tested this at work. Also note that this is a TRUE hardware raid card. Most other raid 5 implementations, and a raid5 implementation that is in degraded mode, will not be any faster than a single drive.
3ware 9550SX-4LP raid5 controller
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16816116031
3x seagate 250GB drives in raid5
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November 21st 2006 at 8:49 AM
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erick
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Quote Originally posted by ripperd
Not too bad. Here is a single 320gb perpendicular drive on my system. (forced to sata1 because I don't have a sata2 controller) Oh yeah, in the pic is also my 160gb drive.
I have six of those in the new server and another spare sitting at home. I really like them and they are a great value right now.
Breaking free from the thoughts in my mind
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November 21st 2006 at 10:47 AM
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Quote Originally posted by erick
I have six of those in the new server and another spare sitting at home. I really like them and they are a great value right now.
Yup, my experience with them has been excellent. I tested a multitude of 160-320gb drives at work one day and this one was pretty much the clear winner in the price range for performance. So I bought one heh.
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November 21st 2006 at 12:48 PM
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duck91
I like beer 'cos it is good, i drink beer because i should
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Member Since: January 27th 2005
Location: Port Huron, Mi, USA
Current Sled: 95 xlt special
Miles Last Season: 0
Miles This Season: 15
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thats is true that the 320's are very nice, my friend is running a few of them and he loves them. one big benefit i have noticed is running photo shop, much faster. i think the board i have is using a silicon image controller, i think haven't checked for sure. i still might pick up a few 320's if they go any lower on newegg, then i can throw these in the other box and use them just for storage and use the 320's for fun.
95 indy xlt special- stock, 1.25" track, camoplast skis and a DG can.
93 eagle summit, 40 MPG yay
90 jeep Cherokee pioneer. the winter beater.
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