[filmscanners] Re: Re:Computer size: RAID

2002-05-11 Thread John Matturri
To carry disk performance to the max, go with a striped SCSI array of 15000 RPM drives! Very expensive, though. Also, one thing tends to lead to another: If you use 15000 RPM drives, you soon have to start worrying about keeping the whole machine from melting down in its own heat. I'm

[filmscanners] RE: Re:Computer size: RAID

2002-05-11 Thread Whidbey Net
Trying to figure out whether any increased performance would be worth the loss of data if one of the drives goes. On my current system I use the second disk for daily incremental back-ups (without full mirroring) which would be useless with the level 0 RAID. How, also, does RAID interact with

[filmscanners] Re: Re:Computer size: RAID

2002-05-11 Thread Peder Skyt
On Saturday, May 11, 2002 7:07 PM, John Matturri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and 2 80MB 7200 drives RAID-0 (which is supported on the motherboard Just a comment: With the popular on-board HPT RAID-chipsets, Seagate Baracuda IV drives in RAID-0 will result in *lousy* throughput, 1/2 - 1/4 the

[filmscanners] RE: Re:Computer size: RAID

2002-05-11 Thread Laurie Solomon
12:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Re:Computer size: RAID To carry disk performance to the max, go with a striped SCSI array of 15000 RPM drives! Very expensive, though. Also, one thing tends to lead to another: If you use 15000 RPM drives, you soon have

[filmscanners] RE: Re:Computer size: RAID

2002-05-11 Thread Lloyd O'Daniel
Of John Matturri Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 12:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Re:Computer size: RAID To carry disk performance to the max, go with a striped SCSI array of 15000 RPM drives! Very expensive, though. Also, one thing tends to lead to another: If you use

[filmscanners] RE: Re:Computer size: RAID

2002-05-11 Thread
PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Re:Computer size: RAID I'm getting a system with 1.5 GB of RAM and 2 80MB 7200 drives (CPU: Athlon 1800+). Aside from possible video-editing, would there be a reason to set the drives up as RAID-0 (which is supported on the motherboard I'm using so doesn't

[filmscanners] Re: Re:Computer size: RAID

2002-05-11 Thread geoff murray
: [filmscanners] Re: Re:Computer size: RAID To carry disk performance to the max, go with a striped SCSI array of 15000 RPM drives! Very expensive, though. Also, one thing tends to lead to another: If you use 15000 RPM drives, you soon have to start worrying about keeping the whole machine

[filmscanners] Re: Re:Computer size: RAID

2002-05-11 Thread Peder Skyt
[This is a bit off-topic / harddisk-technical] I wrote: [...] HPT RAID-chipsets [+] Seagate Baracuda IV [...] *lousy* throughput On Saturday, May 11, 2002 10:02 PM, Austin Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have this system, have you corresponded with HPT or the manufacturer about this

[filmscanners] RE: Re:Computer size: RAID

2002-05-11 Thread Laurie Solomon
] Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Re:Computer size: RAID I am running three IDE drives striped using Windows 2000 striping and I get close to triple transfer speed. If you want to read drive reviews look at these two sites: http://www.storagereview.com http://www.tomshardware.com The perfromance