The 10,000 RPM raptors run a little louder then most 7200 RPM drives. They
also run a little hotter but 5 case fans should be plenty so probably not a
problem. You would gain nothing from a RAID 0 array with your existing setup
from a performance stand point and obviously no redundancy so why do it?
Get another Raptor matching the one you have now and use the two 10K RPM
drives in your array. I have used a few of the Raptor drives in RAID 1
arrays for low end servers and they work OK.

Kevin Brown
KevPro Computer Services

480-214-0144
kevpro.com




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Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 1:13 AM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] Question regarding RAID.

Hello all, I am planning on running a RAID 0 Setup on 2 hard drives WD
74gb 10k RPM Raptor and 250gb 7200rpm WD. My questions are as follows.
1.) Will it "overheat" per se, because I've seen things such as HD
coolers meant for RAID set up's but its 50$ so i was wondering if it
would be necessary in a 5 fan cooling case.
2.) Is it even worth doing? and if so will noise be a necessary issue
to tackle (i've heard they get "loud" but I have nevr had experiance
with that so what is "LOUD" in computers? I dont want it sounding like
a lawnmower loud but for example the 5 fans running at 24 Dbs dont
bother me... So i dunno heh any help?
THanks!!

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