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RE: filmscanners: Best filmscanner, period!!! (strange title!)
> > > 2 x 75GB raid harddisks
> >
> > What RAID level are you running? Not all RAID makes things faster, in
> fact,
> > some makes it quite a bit slower.
> >
>
> Sorry, a 0 (zero) is missing after raid. The disks are striped and it does
> improve performance.
Yes, RAID 0 is the best for speed, but it really depends on how you have the
system setup. If you are using SCSI160 disks and controller, you can get
over 100MB/sec sustained...but...you need more than 2 disks. Four would be
preferable, and then initial latency would be the bottleneck.
Also, is your OS on the same or different disk? It should be on a separate
disk, not on the RAID array...and check that the disks are defragmented.
There are utilities that can defragment in real time, which may benefit you.
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