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I started out running dual 36gig Raptors in a RAID0.
The dual 36gig RAID0 was for the OS. I had a seperate 250gig for data
storage.
Everything ran fine for a bit more than a year, then I started having
intermittant booting problems.
By this time the newer 74gig Raptors came out, and due to some improvements,
were faster than the older 36gig units.
I finially went with a single 74gig Raptor for the OS, and it's plenty fast.
I now use a 400gig drive for data.
Now that the system was back in operation, I was able to experiment with the
36gig Raptors.
With both 36gig Raptors installed a separate drives, I was able to access
the drives SMART entries and found which of the drives was going bad.
When I had the drives in the RAID0 array, I couldn't access the SMART
entries for the drives.
The 36gig Raptor that went bad was still under warranty (they should all be,
due to the five-year waranty) so I sent it back and got a replacement.
Both of the 36gig Raptors are still alive and running in other systems of
mine.
"DaveW" <none@zero.org> wrote in message
news:EdydnfoTleVscOLfRVn-gg@comcast.com...
> There is NOTHING wrong with using just one Raptor. The use of one or two
> Raptors PLUS a 200 GB drive is primarily for people with large video or
> music collections.
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> "jeffc" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:FC3fe.7785$tf1.427354@twister.southeast.rr.com...
>> I've seen recommendations for 2 Raptors with RAID in a high end system,
>> plus a 200G "storage" drive. I've seen recommendations for 1 Raptor with
>> a 200G storage drive. Is there something special about this combo? Is
>> there anything wrong with simply using 1 Raptor if you feel it's enough
>> storage for you?
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