It'll be interesting to see if the 15K.5 is able to trump the WD1500ADFD in
single-user performance, as the "lowly" 10k Raptor completely destroys the
15K.4...and all other SCSI drives, regardless of price or spindle speed. It
does, of course, lag significantly behind in multi-user performance.
I always find it funny when people believe that because they are
enthusiasts/power users, their usage more closely reflects server/multi-user
usage. Nothing could be less accurate. Power users don't use hard drives
much different...they just use them more.
If it is a single-user "maxifast" box, you'd be better served by a 1500ADFD
than anything else ATM. RAID0 them if you want...though that, too, provides
minimal single-user performance improvements for typical access patterns.
There are select few situations in which STR is really that important. Video
editing is the only one I think of off hand. Even then, two drives can often
be faster, depending on what you're doing...
Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Boswell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
Yeah, it's a bitch on a cost/capacity basis....
If I ever build a system on a 'goes maximumfast, nevermind the price'
basis though.... it's so getting one of those or whatever the then
equivalent is as the system drive.
hmm, wonder if Intel chipsets in the next few years will be able to
handle SAS disks... I know SAS controllers can handle SATA drives...
hmm
(If Intels chipsets gained the ability to handle them, you could drop one
straight into a "Mac Pro" and stash your OSX and Windows boot partitions
on it. hmm... )
On 21 Apr 2006, at 13:57:200, Greg Sevart wrote:
Saw that too. (actually, 15k.5...)
The problem is that I've always preferred capacity over speed.
750GB 7200.10 vs. 73GB 15K.5 for the same price...yeah, I'll take 10x
the storage any day.
The sad thing is that the real place where these drives will be
primarily used (servers) take almost no advantage of the insane STR they
offer.
Greg
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