2 36gig raptors or 1 74gig raptor?!

[WhatTheSchmidt]

Well pricewise the 74 is 205 with $20 mail in rebate and the 36gig ones are $111 each...so not too much more for 2 drives with same total storage basically....Which would be better though, one for the OS and programs, other for storage of everything I need...or just go with the one drive? I'm leaning towards the one...but not totally sure...Is there a performance drop using 2 drives at all? thx

[Sophisticated]

well ive saw in your other post that youre not doing RAID 0 anymore so go with the 74Gig as it outperforms the 36Gig by a bit and there are posts laying around to back this statement up:)

[WhatTheSchmidt]

ok thx, and it's less exp, good all around :)

[johan851]

It's also easier to set up and harder to lose all the data in a single drive. A RAID 0 array can get messed up a lot more easily.

[WhatTheSchmidt]

If I got 2 36gigs, it wasn't gonna be for raid...im just going with the 74

[WhatTheSchmidt]

o BTW, I currently have a 37gig HD, 30 gigs being used...so yea, I need more than 40 gigs :)

[runsalone]

Just as Sophisticated said, the 74 gb raptor outperforms the 36 in terms of read and write speeds. This is due to a new motor design in the 74 gb model.

[Awperator]

True that - I have a 74 gig and I have a 36 gig that a friend wussed out on buying. The 36 gig seems slow now compared to the 74 gig. Not too slow, but slower.

- Awperator

[thor17usa]

I plan on getting a 74GB raptor from my OS and applications and using my IDE RAID for storage and video editing. I have heard very good things about the raptor drives. I think I would rather go with a single 74 instead of 2 36's. I mean when they are that fast, would you really notice a difference in speed.

[tom10167]

A RAID 0 array can get messed up a lot more easily.


That's not true. A RAID 0 is only suseptible to failure if one of the drives fails. RAID 0 does not make your computer more prone to a crash or anything, it's just that if one drive fails, they both fail.

[johan851]

That's not true. A RAID 0 is only suseptible to failure if one of the drives fails. RAID 0 does not make your computer more prone to a crash or anything, it's just that if one drive fails, they both fail.
Well, of course. I know that. I'm talking about switching controllers and other things. If one drive fails the array goes down, but it's also harder to rebuild an array than a single drive. One drive can plug in to any computer, and data is more recoverable if something goes wrong. RAID 0 is more complex and creates more problems if you try it on a different computer, different controller, BIOS flash, etc.

[nocturnal714]

go with the 74 gig raptor

[WhatTheSchmidt]

already did lol, done deal.