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Dougx1317

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I just bought an 80GB velociraptor. (They only come from Dell) Would it make sense for me to use only 35GB of it to short stroke? What's the best way to do this?
 
I'd have to think that any gains you'd see in overall performance would be pretty minimal. What's the drive going to be used for? I'd think that in almost all cases, the extra space would be more valuable than a tiny bit of extra performance.
For a while, I cut my 74 gig raptor down to about 45- 50 gigs but found myself needing just a little more space every so often.
 
Don't bother.
I believe the Velociraptor has 150GB or 160GB platters. So your drive is already short stroked to ~50% of its size.
 
Quote: "I believe the Velociraptor has 150GB or 160GB platters. So your drive is already short stroked to ~50% of its size."

So, the 80GB velociraptor has one 160GB platter that is only half used? Does that mean that it is faster than 150GB and 300GB velociraptor drives by default?

Does that mean if I were to only use 40GB of it, it would be short-stroked to 25%? I only use ~30GB on my OS/programs partition right now, so I might as well short stroke.

How much free space should I leave for temp files and such?
 
Like others have said, you won't see barly any increase with shortstroking that drive. Just not worth it honesly.

If you want fast, get a SSD, they are gold, use that raptor for games or something else.
 
Dougx1317 said:
I just bought an 80GB velociraptor. (They only come from Dell) Would it make sense for me to use only 35GB of it to short stroke? What's the best way to do this?
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There's a few here who have those drives, including me.

Don't bother with short stroking, it's not gonna make any difference.
 
Dougx1317 said:
Quote: "I believe the Velociraptor has 150GB or 160GB platters. So your drive is already short stroked to ~50% of its size."

So, the 80GB velociraptor has one 160GB platter that is only half used? Does that mean that it is faster than 150GB and 300GB velociraptor drives by default?

Does that mean if I were to only use 40GB of it, it would be short-stroked to 25%? I only use ~30GB on my OS/programs partition right now, so I might as well short stroke.

How much free space should I leave for temp files and such?
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Its the case of diminishing returns. The more your short stroke it the less of a difference it will make.
 
I think it's agreed that short stroking is more hassle than it's worth. But could you still answer the questions.

So, the 80GB velociraptor has one 160GB platter that is only half used? Does that mean that it is faster than 150GB and 300GB velociraptor drives by default?

How much free space should I leave for temp files and such (while short stroking or just for convenience partitioning)?
 
Pretty sure the 80GB VRaptor uses one side of a 160GB platter, using a single head. The stroke of the head would be the same (maybe a little bigger since it's 80GB per side instead of 75 on the 150 and 300), Don't short stroke a VRaptor. That's just effin pointless.

Dustin
 
Does that mean that it is faster than 150GB and 300GB velociraptor drives by default?
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I know I ran tests against my 300GB VR and it was a little faster but I can't remember how much.

There was a thread here a long time ago talking about the differences.


How much free space should I leave for temp files and such (while short stroking or just for convenience partitioning)?
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Let's see, if your OS and files are 35GB, I'd leave @ 45GB for temp files. :D
 
dustNbone said:
Pretty sure the 80GB VRaptor uses one side of a 160GB platter, using a single head. The stroke of the head would be the same (maybe a little bigger since it's 80GB per side instead of 75 on the 150 and 300), Don't short stroke a VRaptor. That's just effin pointless.

Dustin
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x2 it would be a full sized but single sided platter, with only one head.
 
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