There you go, Greg has the right pedigree...............
My 150 gig Veloci-Raptor has the same 2.5 inch form factor, same 3.5
inch
aluminum heat sink mounting bracket, etc, as the 300 gigger does, just
one platter vs 2..
And it's FAST compared to my old 2nd gen 74 gig Raptor boot drive..
I did not buy the 300 gig only because this PC already has two 500 gig
drives for data storage, so
150 gigs for a boot drive was fine for me. :)
On Nov 27, 2008, at 6:29 PM, Greg Sevart wrote:
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.
