Lacie little big disk 2tb VS 1tb and fan

[dany74m]

Hi,

I bought two lacie little big disk one of 2TB (5400 rpm) and one of 1TB (7200 rpm)

My goal was to use the slower to put inside an SSD to boot my imac, and use the faster as scratch disk for FCX and Premiere. Both came configured in striping, so I tested both with diskspess. Obviusly I was expecting the 1tb version to be faster being a 7200rpm, but with my big surprise the 2tb 5400 rpm was faster.

How can you explain this?

I read that its possibile to use the little big disk without the fan (its very noisy) since I use it for professional work, and I use it intensily (scrath disk) , do you think its safe to use them without fan, or it will be a risk?
Thank you.

Dani

 

[theSeb]

How did you test?

In general, bigger hard drives are faster.

http://macperformanceguide.com/Storage-BiggerIsBetter-Fastest2TB.html

http://macperformanceguide.com/Storage-BiggerIsBetter.html

Obviously the RPM matter as well, but it's not as simple as every 7200 RPM is faster than every 5400 RPM.

 

[dany74m]

How did you test?

In general, bigger hard drives are faster.

http://macperformanceguide.com/Storage-BiggerIsBetter-Fastest2TB.html

http://macperformanceguide.com/Storage-BiggerIsBetter.html

Obviously the RPM matter as well, but it's not as simple as every 7200 RPM is faster than every 5400 RPM.

I used black magic disk speed for the test, thank you. Any one can give advise for the fan? It is so loud!

 

[dany74m]

I used black magic disk speed for the test, thank you. Any one can give advise for the fan? It is so loud!

Can anyone help me about the fan?