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DataHoarderNostalgia! I remember the reputation these had, and the cool name. Before SSDs, I was big into these.
More background:
https://louwrentius.com/an-ode-to-the-10000-rpm-western-digital-velociraptor.html
For consumers and enthusiast, the Raptor was an amazing boot drive. The 74 GB model was large enough to hold the operating system and applications. The bulk of the data would still be stored on a second hard drive either also connected through SATA or even still through PATA.
What a blast from the past! I still have my 74GB floating around somewhere.
Had 2x 10000rpm ones in raid in the day playing wow…
Checked the drives in CDI and they’ve got less hours than my WD Blue 1TB that’s probably 5+ years old!