2x Hard Drives in RAID 0 (HD Tach)

     With two hard drives running in RAID 0 and striping at 64k, we see a very nice increase in speed. The average read and write speeds are really up there. The average write speed is the most impressive with an average reading of 105.9 Megabytes per second. However the burst speed is considerably less than we expected when compared to other Seagate hard drives running in RAID 0. Regardless, what really matters is consistently achieving the highest possible read and write speeds and the 1Tb drives really excels in this area.

2x Hard Drives in RAID 0 (SiSoft Sandra)

     Even Sandra shows the pair of 1 Terabyte 7200.11 hard drives (IN RED) pummeling the competition.

2x Hard Drives in RAID 0 (HD Tune)

     While running the two 1Tb hard drives in RAID 0, HD Tune shows a nice increase in performance. The Average transfer rate or read speed is pretty close to that shown in Hard Drive Tach, but once again the burst rates are way off. This is another good reason why we like to stick with Hard Drive Tach.  

7200.11 vs. 7200.10 & Conclusion

     Just to give you another view of how fast these 1Tb 7200.11 drives are, I'll also toss in another comparison to a pair of Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 hard drives we reviewed a while back in some RAID testing. Seagate appears to have sacrificed a bit of the burst speed for a big gain in the average read and write speed. Seagate's tweaking has dramatically increased the overall performance of the 7200.11.

     The overall performance increase is even more evident in RAID 0. Even though the burst speed suffers somewhat, the average read speed has increased slightly and the average write speed has gone through the roof!

     I have to say I'm very impressed from what I've seen so far. Not only has Seagate squeezed a whopping 1000 gigabytes on a single 3.5 inch hard drive, they have increased the overall performance of the drive over previous models. It all comes down to the numbers and Seagate's 7200.11 has what it takes. You also have Seagate's incredible 5 year warranty. It's obvious Seagate is very confident about their hard drives which helps put the consumer at ease when laying down a few bills a new piece of hardware.

     Then we have the other numbers...price... Seagate has their 1Tb hard drive competitively priced and it's available at Newegg for about $330 as of the date of this review. That's a pretty good price, especially if you figure out what you are paying per Gigabyte; 33 cents...  I can remember when a 5 Gigabyte hard drive was several hundred bucks.

     So now the 1 Terabyte hard drives are a reality, what's next? It appears that solid state hard drives, or hard drives with no moving parts will be the next big thing and eventually replace today's standard hard drives. But until then, the 1 Terabyte hard drives are king. 

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