how fast of read/write speeds should i except with these new drives ??

[videoguy]

we are upgrading from 4 75gxp ibms getting 50mbs to 4 western digital 120gb 8 mb cache. we are using an escalade 6400 on a single p4 2.0ghz

[KiteGlider]

Hard to say until you run DiskTest or AutoConfigure.

Sorry for dumb question but , is that going to be a 4 X 120GB RAID? And what type of box, and or controller do you use?

I like hardware that allows you to mix and match so I'm curious about the setup.

thanks.
KG

[videoguy]

it is an intel 845 mobo with 512mg rambus an escalade 6400 raid card 2.0ghz p4

[SBowie]

It's awhile since I checked, but I don't think the 845 chipset supports RAMBUS. Am I getting senile, or what? ;)

[ScorpioProd]

No, not senile yet, Steve. :)

The i845 chipset is NOT a RAMBUS chipset.

[Paul Lara]

Originally posted by videoguy
How fast a read/write speed should I expect?

Well, Zane, even the benchmarks that AutoConfigure provides cannot take into account such things as head seek times, so whether you get 90MB/sec or 250MB/sec, the only thing that matters is 'how well does your video play'? IDE stripes typically max out at three rtv streams, despite improved bandwidth that a 64-bit bus or additional devices provide.