Dual 36 Raptors in Raid 0 OR one 74GB Raptor?

[USMC2Hard4U]

I currently have dual 36 GB Raptors in raid 0... however, i may sell them...

Do you think 1 - 74GB would be faster (since its faster than the 36B anyway) ?

[ApocalypZ]

how well do those 36 raptors run in a raid 0? do they get very hot?

sorry i did not answer your question, im just looking around, if you check out my other post youll see what im looking at.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=722488

[USMC2Hard4U]

yeah they get pretty warm ;)
but i have a fan blowing on them

[stub]

definitely keep the 2 raptors if you have a fan on them :)

you might take a small hit in performance if you switch for a single 74 GB raptor, but the 74 GB model has a lot of improvements, namely a shorter seek time, as well as being quieter and (some say) cooler.

It'll also be much more stable-- RAID 0s will fail if one drive craps out, and while I acknowledge that Raptors come with 5 year warranties, your data might be pretty valuable.

[Koslov]

Yea you'd take a performance hit.
Some would not see it. Depends what you do.

[EnderW]

http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200401/20040126WD740GD_8.html

http://faq.storagereview.com/tiki-index.php?page=SingleDriveVsRaid0