New Raptor 36GB has TCQ

[garikfox]

Yes the new 36Gb Raptors are coming with ECQ. I just added my fourth Raptor to my array of HDs and found out the last one I hooked up outta the 4 Does in facct Support ECQ just like there also new 74Gb sibbling. Unfortunatly I have to disable this because my other 3 36Gb Raptors do not Support this.

TCQ = Tagged Command Queing


Old Raptor WD360GD-00FNA0

New Raptor WD360GD-00FLA1

http://members.cox.net/garikfox/ecqraptor.jpg

[retsam]

scsi has had tcq for years now... its a great feature for raids arrays... nice set up there ... hmmm i think im picking up a few of these for my new rig next year .... how much did you pay for it

[FastM]

I think your mixing it up with Native Command Queuing? or is it that same thing?

[retsam]

definintion of tcq (http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/T/TCQ.html)

tcq has ben on scsi for years

ncq is serial ata only it sounds sort of like tcq but taken to the next step

here (http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/N/Native_Command_Queuing.html)

[testing12342]

Old Raptor WD360GD-00FNA0

New Raptor WD360GD-00FLA1



Cool, so it's the FLA1 variant that I want to look for if I go for 2 raptors in raid 0, thanks for the info as i'm considering this route.

[GlowStick]

Nice, id love to get a pair of 74gig ones with ncq!

[Dazz]

Hard to say if it works or not, windows seemed to load faster yet when i benched it the result was very very low speeds yet the seek times was really low. Not sure what to make of it.

[|JuiceZ|]

I think your mixing it up with Native Command Queuing? or is it that same thing?

Ya he was because the raptors have always had TCQ.

[Dazz]

But thats due to them really being SCSI devices.