so all in all if i get another 500gb hdd, make the first partition 100gb and install OS and some games in their? that will make it faster then a raptor?
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so all in all if i get another 500gb hdd, make the first partition 100gb and install OS and some games in their? that will make it faster then a raptor?
Having correctly aligned partitions is also important , but thats more of a SAN/Virtual Disk thing :)
hehe what do you mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by Moby-Dick
allighing the partition blocks with a RAID stripe essentially.
Disk performance may be slower than expected when you use multiple disks in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, and in Windows 2000
if you forget RAID and just use the drive partition, and MAKE SURE ITS THE FIRST PARTITION YOU MAKE, it will be similar to a Raptor for the first stuf (OS install etc) and as it becomes more "full" it'll not slow down in the same way a Raptor does :) as yu'll never get anywhere near the inner parts of the platter. Those willbe the other 400 gig of drive for your data/films/music/photo's etcQuote:
Originally Posted by j.o.s.h.1408
Well...that's my experience so far :)
Any links or more info ? Not something I was aware of.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve
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Originally Posted by Zak33
ahh i see so there realy is not a reason to shell out so much money on a raptor hdd. i'l give this a go when i buy a second hdd and see if it works. so is the first partition ALWAYS the stuff that goes in the outside of the platter?
Yeah, it is a bit wierd. Number of platters makes little difference to read speeds if the data density is the same per platter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zak33
The density itself seems to have a huge impact on read speeds though.
A sweet OS drive will be those samsung 333Gb single platter drives when they materialise (same as the 1Tb F1 drives but without the pricetag, I hope)
when and where?Quote:
Originally Posted by F1ZZY
That intrigues me
The Seagate 160 gig drives have been sinlge platters and they are damn fast.
It's worth noting that only the 1TB F1 is on 333GB Platters. The 750GB version is said to be 3x250GB. Western Digital has also announced 320GB platters, and and I am one of many who are waiting to see who will first release the first 640GB drive (2 platter).
its for this reason why i have my 2nd partition as Photoshop Scratch :)
Hi, just a quick note. i have 2 pata hdd's and one sata 32mb catch 7200.11 seagate 500gb hdd. with this sata hdd i just made one partition for it and use it has a media files hdd. when i fired up nero just a min ago it indicated that the speed of this hdd is a whopping 95k+ whilist my others are around 40!Quote:
Originally Posted by masscrazy
edit: im also runing my sata hdd on sata1 speed not the ful sata2 speeds that this drive can take because of my mobo.
here we go i got a pic of it :) the low speed hdd you see below is my usb connected one.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...nicespeeds.jpg
Barracuda SATA drive's are fast....always have been. But pls bear in mind while Nero is good....it's not infallible and it's only a guide to speed.
However....if you partitioned that drive to use about 80gig of it (first partition) for the OS, you'd have a lightning fast boot drive...
what would be a better tool to check my river speeeds? so roughly my barracuda sata drive is around 80-90 then?
This is a good read for those more interested in partitioning strategy