Er...yes it is. The first generation Raptor was available in one version...SATA150, 36GB.
The second generation Raptor was available in SATA150, in both 36 and 74GB capacities. The third generation Raptor was available in SATA150 (and OEM SATA300) in 36GB, 74GB, and 150GB capacities. The fourth generation Velociraptor is available in SATA300 in 150 and 300GB capacities. (note that I'm not including the special 40GB/80GB/160GB versions for OEMs) The 150GB Velociraptor is the same as the 300, except it uses one platter instead of two. I replaced a 3rd generation OEM-variant 160GB Raptor with a 150GB Velociraptor recently in my primary workstation...it did speed things up. Insofar as HLFS vs BLFS, I believe the only change was to the IcePak sled to make it compatible with 3.5" hot-swap enclosures and trays. IIRC, all of the 150GB variants are the newer HLFS variety. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 8:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Raptor performance > > > >they made a 150 gig version of the new velociraptor. > > The 150 GB Raptor is not the same as the 300GB. The 300GB is the > newest version, the 150GB is the previous version. WD has, up to now, > doubled the capacity when they come out with a new Raptor. 37 then > 74 150 and now 300.
