Short Stroke 500GB X 2 To 250GB?

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Fallen Angel -X

Discussion Starter · Nov 28, 2009

Hey
Ok i am about to reinstall my OS again...... for the 2cnd time today
And i am going to short stroke while i am there

I have 2 x 500GB Raid 0
If i were to short stroke both of these to 250gb on both how much performance increase would i get?

And how do i actually set up the short stroke
I understand i have to set up a new partition
But where?

In the raid menu,Or during windows installation?

Thnx

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IdPlease

· #2 · Nov 28, 2009

Set it up in the RAID BIOS. As for performance, you will only see lower seek times on the first partition (if it's less then 250GB), not the second. The read / write speeds will be slightly higher on the first partition as it closer to the fastest edge of the hd and will be consistent. The 2nd partition will still be quick, but will start to drop off as it reaches the other end of the hd.

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eflyguy

· #3 · Nov 28, 2009

There would be little benefit to 2x250GB. You would need to go to around 100-120GB (total, 10-15%) to see any real difference.
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