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sata 2 speed help

calis · 2006-01-31 18:14:44

hi i have a sata 2 drive installed on my pc .. a samsung spin point 120 .. and was wondering if u cud tell me if its running at its correct speed .. heres a screeny : thanks in advance

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31-01-2006 7:14pm

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calis

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hi i have a sata 2 drive installed on my pc .. a samsung spin point 120 .. and was wondering if u cud tell me if its running at its correct speed .. heres a screeny :

thanks in advance

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#2 31-01-2006 7:29pm
Khannie

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It fits what I believe to be about right for that drive.

He has 2 of the same drive. Would raid0 actually double that throughput? (seeing as the controller is SATA2).

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#3 31-01-2006 7:44pm
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Not double, but close. It all depends if he can afford the flakiness (data loss wise) that RAID 0 has inherently.

<edit>This is from one of my Hitachi drives

You have better sustained speeds</edit>

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