Hello I am trying VERY VERY hard to find a review of Seagate Barracuda 1TB (ST1000DM003) 7200.14 model with 64mb cache in Raid0 with two drives.
Here is the story, my desktop is getting old but it is still quite fast so instead of selling it for $300 I am going to take out my SSD and storage drive, buy two 1TB HDDs and Raid0 them, put my system in the living room and just have a PHAT game library on it to make it like a livingroom console.
Anyway. I want to compare if two 1TB Barracudas in Raid0 will be worth it compared to ONE 2TB Barracuda (good version with two 1TB discs, there is a bad version with 3 666GB/s discs). The only problem with raiding is that, since the read/write goes over 400mb/s (the 3TB do in Raid0 according to this review; http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/49858-seagate-barracuda-3tb-raid-0-performance-unleashed-7.html) So I would have to use a SATA6GB/s controller. And I only have ONE on my motherboard (with two SATA ports, yay) but it is a MARVELL controller...
Marvell 9128 chip:
2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3_6, GSATA3_7) supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, and RAID 1
* SATA3 RAID 0 4x and SATA3 2x performance are maximum theoretical values. Actual performance may vary by system configuration.
* SATA3 SSDs are not recommended for use in RAID 0 mode on Marvell SE9128 ports.
Source; http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3304#sp
But will it support Windows 7 64bit? I have Ultimate 64bit.
NOTE: My manual says on page 92 that the INTEL controller can have STRIPE BLOCK SIZE set from 4kb to 128kb. But page 105 says the Marvell controllers stripe size for this controller ranges from 32 to 64kb. Honestly, I don't know what the hell stripe size is, but if it has an importance in Raid0 and 64kb is considered bad that I might be better of buying ONE 2TB and running it in the SATA3GB/s Intel controller.
Here is the story, my desktop is getting old but it is still quite fast so instead of selling it for $300 I am going to take out my SSD and storage drive, buy two 1TB HDDs and Raid0 them, put my system in the living room and just have a PHAT game library on it to make it like a livingroom console.
Anyway. I want to compare if two 1TB Barracudas in Raid0 will be worth it compared to ONE 2TB Barracuda (good version with two 1TB discs, there is a bad version with 3 666GB/s discs). The only problem with raiding is that, since the read/write goes over 400mb/s (the 3TB do in Raid0 according to this review; http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/49858-seagate-barracuda-3tb-raid-0-performance-unleashed-7.html) So I would have to use a SATA6GB/s controller. And I only have ONE on my motherboard (with two SATA ports, yay) but it is a MARVELL controller...
Marvell 9128 chip:
2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3_6, GSATA3_7) supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, and RAID 1
* SATA3 RAID 0 4x and SATA3 2x performance are maximum theoretical values. Actual performance may vary by system configuration.
* SATA3 SSDs are not recommended for use in RAID 0 mode on Marvell SE9128 ports.
Source; http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3304#sp
But will it support Windows 7 64bit? I have Ultimate 64bit.
NOTE: My manual says on page 92 that the INTEL controller can have STRIPE BLOCK SIZE set from 4kb to 128kb. But page 105 says the Marvell controllers stripe size for this controller ranges from 32 to 64kb. Honestly, I don't know what the hell stripe size is, but if it has an importance in Raid0 and 64kb is considered bad that I might be better of buying ONE 2TB and running it in the SATA3GB/s Intel controller.