One of the World's Fastest SATA Drive

[Fleet Command CC]

Western Digital has announced there new “Raptor” series of hard drives the Western Digital VelociRaptor 300Gb 16Mb Cache Hard Disk Drive Serial ATA 4.2ms 10,000rpm.

Here are the spec's of the new WD VelociRaptor HDD.

10,000 RPM.
SATA 3Gb/s interface.
16MB cache.
1.4 million hours MTBF.
Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF) - optimizes performance when drives are in vibration-prone multi-drive chassis.
SecurePark - parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down and when the drive is off.
5 year limited warranty.

WD store and through resellers by the middle of May. The 300GB VelociRaptor price is around $299.99, £199.99.

Here is the link for you to check out more info the new HDD.

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=459

I want one now. :D

[old_pop2000]

Western Digital has announced there new “Raptor” series of hard drives the Western Digital VelociRaptor 300Gb 16Mb Cache Hard Disk Drive Serial ATA 4.2ms 10,000rpm.

Here are the spec's of the new WD VelociRaptor HDD.

10,000 RPM.
SATA 3Gb/s interface.
16MB cache.
1.4 million hours MTBF.
Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF) - optimizes performance when drives are in vibration-prone multi-drive chassis.
SecurePark - parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down and when the drive is off.
5 year limited warranty.

WD store and through resellers by the middle of May. The 300GB VelociRaptor price is around $299.99, £199.99.

Here is the link for you to check out more info the new HDD.

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=459

I want one now. :D
I would wait for a year or two, and see what kind of problems they might have with this new drive. I'am also not a subscriber of using very large hard drives. I like RAID cabinets with raid controllers and hot swappable smaller drives. If one drive dies, it can be replaced during operation and rebuilt by the raid controller automatically. This is only viable for servers or high end, mission critical desktops.

[Ed Rotondaro]

Western Digital has announced there new “Raptor” series of hard drives the Western Digital VelociRaptor 300Gb 16Mb Cache Hard Disk Drive Serial ATA 4.2ms 10,000rpm.

Here are the spec's of the new WD VelociRaptor HDD.

10,000 RPM.
SATA 3Gb/s interface.
16MB cache.
1.4 million hours MTBF.
Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF) - optimizes performance when drives are in vibration-prone multi-drive chassis.
SecurePark - parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down and when the drive is off.
5 year limited warranty.

WD store and through resellers by the middle of May. The 300GB VelociRaptor price is around $299.99, £199.99.

Here is the link for you to check out more info the new HDD.

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=459

I want one now. :D

Fleet:

At the very least, you have to love the name! Probably more drive than I'll need for the forseeable future.

[Fleet Command CC]

I would wait for a year or two, and see what kind of problems they might have with this new drive

Just because I said I want one doesn't mean I am going to buy one. I'm more likely to buy a better graphic card than the WD VelociRaptor, but knowing me I probably will buy one of them. I need someone like you to hold me back a bit from buying the latest component, I always forget about the problem I might come across with the latest component. :D


I'am also not a subscriber of using very large hard drives.

So would you say me having three 500GB HDD is to much? Or are you just not to keen on having big HDD. :) I was thinking about buying some 1TB HDD, but I might stick to the 500GB size of HDD because when it come to securely fomating them it only up to five hours, dono how long it would to do a 1TB HDD. :(

[old_pop2000]

Just because I said I want one doesn't mean I am going to buy one. I'm more likely to buy a better graphic card than the WD VelociRaptor, but knowing me I probably will buy one of them. I need someone like you to hold me back a bit from buying the latest component, I always forget about the problem I might come across with the latest component. :D



So would you say me having three 500GB HDD is to much? Or are you just not to keen on having big HDD. :) I was thinking about buying some 1TB HDD, but I might stick to the 500GB size of HDD because when it come to securely fomating them it only up to five hours, dono how long it would to do a 1TB HDD. :(

You need to evaluate your requirements. 1 terabyte is a lot of data, and that is going to be hard to provide backup to ensure safety. If you need that much data space, another solution is probably better.

If I had a mission critical application and data, then I would install a RAID box onto your desktop. They also make RAID appliances that will connect to a router via cat 5 cabling. This allows anyone on the net to reach the cabinet. Ensure that it has hot swappable capability. If a drive dies, then it can be replaced and the RAID controller will rebuild the RAID. You could buy four 500 GB, 10k drives. Then mirror two each. This would give you two, separate 500 gb partitions for data. With a mirror, if one drive does fail out of the set, the other has the data and will continue to provide service until the failed drive is replaced. On some sophisticated drive controllers, you can provide another drive as a hot spare. If a drive dies, the RAID controller will fail it out of the set, and rebuild the mirror using the hot spare. Obviously, this is more expensive and a cost benefit analysis must be done in a rudimentary fashion to determine if the cost is worth it.

I suggest doing some in depth research into this. Only you can make the decision based on how mission critical the data and application are, and what it will take to secure that data. If we talking about photos, drawings or any other graphics, these can be compressed and stored on DVD-RW's. If we are talking about accounting data, then it needs to be backed up on permanent medium using a scheduled automatic incremental or differential backup. I have managed all of these types systems. I've had RAID 5 direct attached storage, network attached storage and SAN's attached using fiber optics. I have also had differential tape backups running after hours. There are numerous ways of increasing drive space and providing a reasonably cost effective backup system to prevent loss. How much time and money are you willing to spend is and will be based on how mission critical the data is.

http://www.amsstorage.com/

[djcyclone]

none of this means anything to me. I have a laptop, and so I am restrained to what the computer came with. You cannot upgrade a laptop, because of the way it is made. Everything has to be put together at once, and so if you start doing modifications, other components will reject the new components and the whole dam thing will crash.

I am going to buy a desk top soon enough so I can add things to it as different technology becomes available.

[old_pop2000]

none of this means anything to me. I have a laptop, and so I am restrained to what the computer came with. You cannot upgrade a laptop, because of the way it is made. Everything has to be put together at once, and so if you start doing modifications, other components will reject the new components and the whole dam thing will crash.

I am going to buy a desk top soon enough so I can add things to it as different technology becomes available.
I would disagree. If you need drive space, you can buy an external, USB hard drive kit, install a very large hard disk and extend your drive space. The external will work on other computers if you need to do that. I have one hooked up on my Dell and have a 160 MB hard disk. It has been error free for four years.

You can increase the memory in notebooks easily by simply going back to the manufacture and purchasing memory upgrades.

Anything else does not make sense.

[Fleet Command CC]

You need to evaluate your requirements. 1 terabyte is a lot of data, and that is going to be hard to provide backup to ensure safety. If you need that much data space, another solution is probably better.

If I had a mission critical application and data, then I would install a RAID box onto your desktop. They also make RAID appliances that will connect to a router via cat 5 cabling. This allows anyone on the net to reach the cabinet. Ensure that it has hot swappable capability. If a drive dies, then it can be replaced and the RAID controller will rebuild the RAID. You could buy four 500 GB, 10k drives. Then mirror two each. This would give you two, separate 500 gb partitions for data. With a mirror, if one drive does fail out of the set, the other has the data and will continue to provide service until the failed drive is replaced. On some sophisticated drive controllers, you can provide another drive as a hot spare. If a drive dies, the RAID controller will fail it out of the set, and rebuild the mirror using the hot spare. Obviously, this is more expensive and a cost benefit analysis must be done in a rudimentary fashion to determine if the cost is worth it.

I suggest doing some in depth research into this. Only you can make the decision based on how mission critical the data and application are, and what it will take to secure that data. If we talking about photos, drawings or any other graphics, these can be compressed and stored on DVD-RW's. If we are talking about accounting data, then it needs to be backed up on permanent medium using a scheduled automatic incremental or differential backup. I have managed all of these types systems. I've had RAID 5 direct attached storage, network attached storage and SAN's attached using fiber optics. I have also had differential tape backups running after hours. There are numerous ways of increasing drive space and providing a reasonably cost effective backup system to prevent loss. How much time and money are you willing to spend is and will be based on how mission critical the data is.

http://www.amsstorage.com/

Hey old_pop2000

Thank's for the info and the web site I will have to have a good look at that site. :D:)
Just so you know the files are mainly as follow,

Download Video's (8,171,675,648 bytes), and growing.
Reconded Video (7,823,171,584 bytes), and growing.
Games files (19,893,239,808 bytes), and growing.
Music Downloads (7,975,673,856 bytes), and growing.
Graphic Model's (13,162,610,688 bytes), and growing.

[old_pop2000]

Hey old_pop2000

Thank's for the info and the web site I will have to have a good look at that site. :D:)
Just so you know the files are mainly as follow,

Download Video's (8,171,675,648 bytes), and growing.
Reconded Video (7,823,171,584 bytes), and growing.
Games files (19,893,239,808 bytes), and growing.
Music Downloads (7,975,673,856 bytes), and growing.
Graphic Model's (13,162,610,688 bytes), and growing.
I would definitely use a RAID appliance for that much data. If you use mirrored drives and leave expansion room, you can add mirrored sets as the need arises.

Network attached storage is about the best. You can attach it to your network and download directly to it from the internet. Any system could use the NAS. Once the download started, it would run without using bus time from the local system, it could be downloaded directly from the source to the NAS.

Good Luck.

[Fleet Command CC]

none of this means anything to me. I have a laptop, and so I am restrained to what the computer came with. You cannot upgrade a laptop, because of the way it is made. Everything has to be put together at once, and so if you start doing modifications, other components will reject the new components and the whole dam thing will crash.

I am going to buy a desk top soon enough so I can add things to it as different technology becomes available.

Yep I would agree with old_pop2000 just get a external USB HDD if data space is the problem. I have two external USB HDD, here is the type I have got a Buffalo 500GB Drive Station: Advanced Serial ATA (SATA) HDD, here is the specifications and web site.

High Speed SATA Hard Disk Drive - 7200rpm
Auto power on, auto setup, auto back-up
Silent performance fanless design and heat sink body
Scheduled backups using professional software (memeo)
Secure Lock Ware drive encryption
Pre-formatted hard drive for immediate use
Auto Setup feature and stackable with optional fan unit
USB Interface
Standards Compliance USB Specification
Seek Time Max. 11 millisecond
Data Transmission Speed Max. 480 Mbps
Power Consumption Average 17W
Power Supply AC100-240V 50/60
Weight 1.27 kg
Dimensions 45 x 163 x 200 mm
Operating Environment 5-35°C, 20-80%

http://www.buffalo-technology.com/products/external-drives/drivestation/drivestation/

If HDD space is the problem I would highly recommend this make. :)

[asnrobert]

I have a Maxtor 300 GB HDD that is hooked in to my router, so that the computers in the house (one desktop, two laptops) can access it. I use it mostly for archiving (backing up photos, documents, etc.), but I probably could run games from it if I wanted to.