Indeed. StorageReview's piece specifically made it look damn impressive. Most interesting, however, is that they were able to dramatically improve multi-user performance (and hence enterprise appeal) without dropping single-user performance (enthusiast appeal). You usually have to optimize for one or the other. True enterprise-like multi-user performance of the previous generation Raptors wasn't that great compared to SCSI/SAS 10k drives. Gen IV makes them at least competitive.
I'm hoping we see a single-platter 150GB model shortly after the 300GB becomes available mid May--and hopefully at a good price point. I don't care about the space--I have a 6TB RAID6 array for capacity. With the 300GB model carrying an MSRP of $299, a ~$200 150GB drive would be about ideal. Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Naushad, Zulfiqar > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [H] VELOCIRAPTOR > > Pretty intense!!! > > Performance is fantastic in some cases. >
