Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:14:48 +0200 From: "Svein Skogen (Listmail account)" <svein-listmail@stillbilde.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5900 RPM drives Message-ID: <4C65FC18.40801@stillbilde.net> In-Reply-To: <01DEC02A-DAE7-47B8-AD6C-3CCEFA98F311@cwis.biz> References: <01DEC02A-DAE7-47B8-AD6C-3CCEFA98F311@cwis.biz>
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On 14.08.2010 03:52, Ryan Coleman wrote:
> 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 po=
cket. Stupid idea, I know, but I really want to know if there's a reason =
to skimp.
They're a little slower, use a whole lot less power (saves pennies per
hour), meaning less heat (pennies per hour saved on cooling), less
vibrations (increased lifetime, less need to noise-isolate disk setups
to avoid vibrations slowing seeks).
Unless you _NEED_ the 125mbytes/sec-per-device transfers of the 7200rpm
drives (you can live with 100mbytes/sec), then go for the 5900rpm drives.=
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