i took a different approach, running four 7200RPM SATA in a RAID 5 configuration. the problem was that four 74GB SATA 10K RPM drives will just barely hold my current data and they are still very pricey. six drives in a RAID 5, the maximum my controller supports, would last me about a year before requring all of them to be replaced to increase capacity. the 10K SATA drives i have are running my OS and my scratch drive, respectively.
BTW, since i use external Firewire drives for backup, i don't understand Paul's statement about PS flying because his scratch file is on one. all my external Firewire drives, and i have 6 of them, measure and feel about 1/3 the speed of an internally attached drive of the same model. i'm not running Firewire 800 yet, but that would still make them about 2/3 speed at best. putting the drives internally is still the fastest way to go by a significant margin. USB 2.0 measures slower than Firewire 400. Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 8:45 PM Subject: RE: Very OT: Upgrading computer for digital > Precisely why I put way more cash into my storage sub-systems than my CPU when > building my latest audio/graphics work-station. I am running a pair of 10kRPM > SATA 150 drives in RAID 0 config on a dedicated high performance RAID card.
