Western Digital RE4-GP 2TB Enterprise Hard Disk in RAID 0

jmke · 13th July 2009, 12:16

The two terabyte mark worked out well for Western Digital and consumers instantly fell in love with the new ultra high capacity product. The only real downside was price, but as we predicted the price fell within a few months making them affordable for enthusiasts and regular Joe Sixpack users alike.

Enterprise users, enthusiasts who like to install enterprise products in their desktops and consumers with small business class NAS servers are always looking for a little more out of their storage devices. For these users Western Digital has built a successful Raid Edition line of products. The RE drives have tighter tolerances from the factory and in the case of the new RE4-GP, improved electronics.

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/281...d_0/index.html

blackened · 13th July 2009, 14:54

Do their synthetic results at the end seem suspicious to anyone else? Compared to a single drive, how does RAID0 give a 6x performence boost in PCMark Media Center test and a 147x performence boost in the Passmark Database test?

13th July 2009, 12:16	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	Western Digital RE4-GP 2TB Enterprise Hard Disk in RAID 0 The two terabyte mark worked out well for Western Digital and consumers instantly fell in love with the new ultra high capacity product. The only real downside was price, but as we predicted the price fell within a few months making them affordable for enthusiasts and regular Joe Sixpack users alike. Enterprise users, enthusiasts who like to install enterprise products in their desktops and consumers with small business class NAS servers are always looking for a little more out of their storage devices. For these users Western Digital has built a successful Raid Edition line of products. The RE drives have tighter tolerances from the factory and in the case of the new RE4-GP, improved electronics. http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/281...d_0/index.html __________________

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13th July 2009, 14:54	#2
blackened Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 79	Do their synthetic results at the end seem suspicious to anyone else? Compared to a single drive, how does RAID0 give a 6x performence boost in PCMark Media Center test and a 147x performence boost in the Passmark Database test?