From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 14 01:52:08 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A2A41065694 for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:52:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ryan.coleman@cwis.biz) Received: from qmta03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6609B8FC13 for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:52:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta17.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.73]) by qmta03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id u1rW1e0021afHeLA31s8GR; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:52:08 +0000 Received: from [10.0.1.9] ([76.113.183.74]) by omta17.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id u1s61e0071cjQTw8d1s7Nr; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:52:08 +0000 From: Ryan Coleman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:52:06 -0500 Message-Id: <01DEC02A-DAE7-47B8-AD6C-3CCEFA98F311@cwis.biz> To: FreeBSD Questions Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) Subject: 5900 RPM drives X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:52:08 -0000 Can anyone give me any reasons to buy these over 7200RPMs for a RAID? I = may need to pinch pennies if I have to finance my next servers out of = pocket. Stupid idea, I know, but I really want to know if there's a = reason to skimp. -- Ryan