X/Four Western Digital 150GB Raptor X 10000RPM SATA/ Internal HD ?

hope all Mac pro's OK,
i will be grateful if you pros out-there could help out.
after 10 years of MS Windows i made up my mind to get into the real world of Apple/Macx. My new Mac pro is arriving soon with the following configuration:
*Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon*
*4GB(4 x 1GB)*
*250GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s*
*NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB*
*Both Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and AirPort Extreme*
*Apple Wireless Keyboard and Apple wireless Mighty Mouse*
*Dell,2407 24inch widescreen monitor*
I plan to get X4 Western Digital 150GB Raptor X 10000RPM SATA/Internal HD from Amazon at the below link
+http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-10000RPM-Internal-WD1500AHFDRTL/dp/B000FBS 01K/ref=pdbbs_sr1/102-6487397-5919346?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1186251321&sr=1-1+
I want to set them-up in Raid 0 configuration and use the first 2 HD for Mac OS X and use the other 2 for MS Windoes XP 32 bit and have the 250GB that comes with the mac pro partitioned in 2 for back-up by OS X & MS XP.
my Question, is this configuration OK on this mac pro and will the x4 150GB Raptor X specs fit the Mac pro.
NOte: this Mac pro is for my personal use.
Thank you All

Skip the "X" series and stay with the regular model.
Amazon: you don't need anything after the product ID:
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-10000RPM-Internal-WD1500AHFDRTL/dp/B000FBS 01K
There are usually less expensive places to pick up Raptor.
You might find one Raptor is fine. Even if it is 50% full (max I would go with).
And use the 2nd for "home" directory. Actually faster to split OS/Apps and home.
That way you can update the OS, and leave 'home' intact. Great for backups and restore also, or moving to Leopard later.
You could put Windows on 74GB Raptor and use 500GB drives for data.
The Raptor X is not designed for RAID. The WD1500ADFD is.
http://www.amazon.com/10000RPM-Buffer-Serial-3-5INCH-Raptor/dp/B000FBLUOE/
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD1500ADFD/
I find the WD Caviar SE16 500GB AAKS to be fine, too.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FBSREK/
The Mac Pro is fast. Mostly it depends on use, scratch drives, and drives for media and data.
StorageReview.com has tried to dispel the notion of using RAID boot drive for years. There are some benchmark tests on Macs using RAID vs non, including the Raptor.
http://www.barefeats.com
But it depends on what you want, use it for, etc. You might want the Radeon X1900, or more memory, or both.
And yes, I spent a month with booting from Raptor RAID. I prefer the Raptor for boot drive. It can be louder, and some people find that unacceptable. The WD RE2 500GB is a good fast and quiet drive for booting (use 1/3 outer partition) or for RAID.

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wjosten wrote:
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Cheers.

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Hello, thank you for looking at my question.
First off, I am NOT very tech-savvy, but I'm willing to research and learn, I'm just afraid to make a mistake and blow up my computer.
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carroteye wrote:
Hello, thank you for looking at my question.
First off, I am NOT very tech-savvy, but I'm willing to research and learn, I'm just afraid to make a mistake and blow up my computer.
Good! Better to inquire than leap!
I have had my Macbook for 2 years. I have not backed up my hard drive during that time. Bad, I know.
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That's about one GB per hour. Is that normal?? Then, it froze and wouldn't respond, or back up at all. Just nothing. I held the power button down and restarted it.
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As slow as that backup was, anything else will be nearly as bad.
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Hi!
This is what I've got.
KT3 Ultra-ARU (MS-6380E)
AMD 2000+
256 MB 333mhz RAM (AMD Compatible)
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Promise 100 IDE-controller
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IDE5(IDE-controller1):
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QUESTION.
Hallo , my question is ;whenever I delete a photo and restore it through Time machine and Western digital external hard drive , I am able to restore the photo but not the titles and descriptions . Western Digital inform me that it isn't their external hard drive problem and suggest that it is an Apple software problem ?
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I find nothing on the Apple site itself. Can you community members help??
(I've tried various ways of deleting the Time Machine backups, but nothing has worked. The instructions for that, which I read on a community support site, were too advanced for me to understand. A Mac IT guy tried to erase the backups, but he didn't know how either. So that is why I'm erasing the drive totally. I've learned my lesson and have a dedicated Time Machine drive now.)

Please be clear:
This is a mirrored RAID that you use as the startup disk?
You now have a different startup disk and wish to erase the RAID mirror?
Do you wish to continue using the RAID for backup?
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Format the HDD in Disk Utility>Erase to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and the open System Preferences>Time Machine and set up the external disk as the Time Machine HDD. Then look at the Options, and exclude what you do not want backed up.
Ciao.

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