I've been reading several threads about Raptors and I now confused about the limitations of the SATA 150 bandwith limitations. I got to build a machine with very fast drives and am thinking about build a RAID 0 packed with several raptors. But with the 1.5 Gb/s bandwith limit on Raptors I wondering how many raptors will saturate the SATA channel. I read two contradictory articles.
http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=raptor150raid&page=5
Which claims that 4 Raptor 150 GB drives in a RAID 0 configuration will reach sustained transfers of over 300 MB/s
Then there is the Seagate white paper that speaks to the need of SATA 300 that speaks to the SATA 150 bandwith limit being reach with 4 7200 rpm drives.
http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/whitepaper/TP-539.pdf
What is the answer here, if I do the math 1.5 Gb/s work out to 187.5 Mb/s, which should mean 3 Raptors in a RAID 0 will saturate the bandwith. If thats the case how did gamepc get over 300 MB/s through a SATA 150?
http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=raptor150raid&page=5
Which claims that 4 Raptor 150 GB drives in a RAID 0 configuration will reach sustained transfers of over 300 MB/s
Then there is the Seagate white paper that speaks to the need of SATA 300 that speaks to the SATA 150 bandwith limit being reach with 4 7200 rpm drives.
http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/whitepaper/TP-539.pdf
What is the answer here, if I do the math 1.5 Gb/s work out to 187.5 Mb/s, which should mean 3 Raptors in a RAID 0 will saturate the bandwith. If thats the case how did gamepc get over 300 MB/s through a SATA 150?