Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB in D901C RAID 0

Has anybody tested the Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500 GB drive in the D901C yet?
In a RAID?
Here is the topic about it. http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=271131
I just ordered 3 that I'll be installing in a RAID 0.
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=23165
I suspect the drives will bottleneck the RAID controller at about 200 MB/s though.

I've heard reports about some people having strange compatibility issues (too fast?) but that shouldn't happen with just a single drive I would guess.

Anyway there is only one way to find out how fast they will run together.

 

RAID 0 is good and all, but I think you are over-estimating just how good it is....

 

There is a certain satisfaction seeing a very high valued graph in HDTach. (especially when its about 4 times as high as the average non-RAID laptop)
Also there is another satisfaction knowing you can't get any faster or your computer can't handle it. (if thats true)

Also, I ran out of space on my 250 GB drives, I needed an upgrade anyway and figured I might as well go for the 7200 model.

 

You should go RAID 5. It gives some performance boost while still keeping data loss to a minimum.

 

Agreed with RAID 5. You'll still have 1TB of hard drive space, and almost the same performance of RAID0, and the redundancy advantages of RAID1. RAID0 with a 3 way array performs just a fraction better than RAID0 in a 2 way configuration. Best to do RAID5.

 

As before I'll use an external back up this time instead of RAID5.
However I might test various RAID setups anyway if I have time.

 

You should use raid 1. So far two nbr members have claimed that their 7200.4 seagates have already died. That is not good news.
I wouldnt recommend a seagate to anyone. Their failing desktop series, failing enterprise series and now failing laptop series does not give me any positive outlook on seagate

Good luck, i hope your drives last more than a week

K-TRON

 

Second opinion on Seagate, K-Tron. I've run several dozen Seagate drives, including my current one, and have had no issues at all with them. Proven to be reliable, high performing, quiet, and have great warranties in case something does go wrong.

 

I used to recommend Seagate up until 2000. After that they production increased, and their quality dropped. You cant be fooled into thinking that seagate makes the best drives. They have a lot of problems which are well known on their desktop drives, and well their is about a dozen members here who have the 7200.4, and for two of them to have dead drives, represents pretty low quality. I know its a small sample size, but I will not be using them.
Hitachi and Western Digital have more sound products than Seagate does.

K-TRON

 

Please update this with benches with a RAID-0 and RAID-5 (assuming you do both).

 

hope that you get em. i ordered mine wich stated it was in stock, they charged my credit card then 2 days later i get a backordered notice. really lame. i wont be buying from other retailers that are not newegg anymore. they dont bother keeping track of inventory.

 

I probably won't get my hands on them till March.
If I have time I may actually test multiple RAID types for you guys.

I still think having an external backup is better than just having parity on a laptop.
On a desktop I'd go RAID5 though.

Anyway I do have one of the affected Seagate desktop drives but that won't stop me from buying excellent Seagate laptop drives that aren't affected by the firmware issue.