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Western Digital VelociRaptor HDD
Conclusion:
The Western Digital VelociRaptor offers a single drive with the speed of two standard RAID 0 drives. There are many pros and cons of RAID, including the fact that standard RAID 0 is less stable than a single drive. With 300GB of storage, it's much larger than your standard 10K drive. Our tests have shown an approximate 100MB/sec for read and write, and we're very impressed.
On the downside, we had a lot of trouble with the first two drives sent to us. Our deductions tell us that the first drive was a prototype and didn't have the kinks worked out yet. The second drive was a victim of overclocking. Because of these issues, I cannot give it the Approved hardware award. The speeds and performance of this drive are amazing, but I'm just not confident in the stability of the drive quite yet. The Western Digital Velociraptor drive can be purchased for $294.99 from Newegg.com
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