[PLUG] EIDE Drive Specs and Performance

[gyoza@comcast.net]

I know that most of the answers seem obvious when considering drive 
specs, but I'm curious what experience has proven.  For desktop use, is 
there a significant difference between the following:

ATA100 vs ATA133
2MB cache vs 8MB cache
Single drive vs Dual-drive RAID 0 (stripe set)
Using an embedded Promise Fasttrak RAID controller, with WinXP and Linux 
(SuSE maybe), as opposed to running in regular non-RAID mode.

Is it worth the cost, trouble, and vulnerability to run RAID 0 for 
desktop use?  Examples of use include games, some audio editing, photo 
editing, and maybe some minor video editing in the future.  And the 
usual e-mail, Web, and office apps.
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