Re: 8x2.5" or 6x3.5" disks

[Arjen van der Meijden <acmmailing(at)tweakers(dot)net>]

On 28-1-2008 20:25 Christian Nicolaisen wrote:
> So, my question is: should I go for the 2.5" disk setup or 3.5" disk 
> setup, and does the raid setup in either case look correct?

Afaik they are about equal in speed. With the smaller ones being a bit 
faster in random access and the larger ones a bit faster for sequential 
reads/writes.

My guess is that the 8x 2.5" configuration will be faster than the 6x 
3.5", even if the 3.5"-drives happen to be faster they probably aren't 
50% faster... So since you don't need the larger storage capacities that 
3.5" offer, I'd go with the 8x 2.5"-setup.

Best regards,

Arjen