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Using Multiple Hard Drives....???

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Razmo

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Hey Guys,

I need a little help here.

My primary is a 36gb WD Raptor, my secondary is a 150gb WD Raptor, and my third is a 500gb Hitachi 7200k rpm.

I'd essentially like the primary to run my OS and other misc apps, the secondary for gaming and the third for media such as video, movies and music.

My question is, can I simply install the OS on the primary and run gaming applications and media applications from the other drives without there being a bottle neck in performance somewhere? Is there any sort of special configuration settings I need to apply?

By the way, I'm running a EVGA 780i SLI Mother board.

Thanks,
Raz
 
Ask this question in the Disk Storage Systems forum and you'll get a good debate going. I don't see any reason why there should be a significant difference in installing software on either of the two Raptors. I don't see much point in dividing the apps in any way. As far as the Hitachi goes, they are fast drives generally and should be fine if they are storing primarily media. They don't need to stream content at anywhere near the limits of the channel (unless you're storing raw digital video camera feeds in real time from some super high resolution camera).

Just make sure you set up swap partitions on all drives. (Assuming Windows...) Consider using FAT32 instead of NTFS for the swap and set the sizes fixed to the recommended sizes offered by Windows. That will give fast swap files with no fragmentation. Use NTFS for the rest of the drives.
 
You would actually be better off installing and running apps on a separate drive. Remember just because your OS is on one drive doesn't mean that your computer runs fastest when things are loaded from that drive :)

I would personally install all utilities and OS on the 36, all games and other apps on the 150 and just use the 500 for storage.. but.. i don't do that myself.. I have a 120 for my main OS, and 320/400 for storage :-P
 
Thanks guys,

I go ahead and give Storage Systems a shot...

Raz
 
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