I'm looking to build a fast RAID 0 or possibly 0+1 array with either 400GB or 500GB Hard Drives. At this point I'm thinking Seagate 7200.10 drives due to the warranty, but are there other drives that would be faster in Raid? The others I've looked at are the WD SE16 series and the Hitachi 7k500 series. I've seen people say that the bigger the hard drive, the faster, but I've also read that the more wasted space per platter the faster, which would indicate that the 400GB would be faster. 800GB is going to be enough for now, but if it would be a little faster I think I could rationalize going with a 1TB Raid array...plus it just sounds so much cooler. Thanks for the input, I'm just wondering what drives are going to give me the best performance.
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Best 400 or 500GB HDs for RAID 0 Array
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thevelourfog
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I have 3 500GB 7200.10s in a raid 5 and it's plenty fast for my needs. I don't know what the real performance difference is between the WD's and Seagates, but I'm quite satisfied with Seagate. They're also dead silent which outweighs any performance hit to me.
Being geared towards enterprize systems/servers would the RE2 drives be good in a consumer RAID array like I'm planning to do? Also, I've heard that the WD SE16 drives are quieter than the 7200.10 drives from Seagate? Is this not true?
My friend just bought an RE2 for his external hard drive recently. It's dead silent. I am about to buy 3 as well for my RAID setup.
That said, I don't really understand your question. Why would a drive that's geared towards enterprise level standards not be up to snuff from a consumer's point of view?