Processor: Intel Pentium EE 840 (800MHz FSB) (Supplied by Intel) Motherboard: ASUS P5WD2-E Premium (Intel ICH7R) Graphics Card: ASUS GeForce 7800GT (Supplied by ASUS) Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 Drivers: Intel INF 8.0.1.1002
Our testing methods are to test the different drives using RAID 0 as well as in single drive mode through the Intel ICH7R Southbridge.
We wanted to see just how well the drive does on its own and then paired up in RAID, which is the exact idea of the Caviar RE2 series of hard drives.
We pit the Western Digital WD5000YS RAID Edition drive against Seagate’s latest 7200.9 drives to see just what happens. Seagate’s latest series of drives are known to offer very good performance, so it will be interesting to see how Western Digital fair against the competition.
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Single drive mode gives the Seagate the crown, but when in RAID 0, the Western Digital drives manage a slight lead.
