From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 14 02:14:53 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 313DF106566B for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:14:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from svein-listmail@stillbilde.net) Received: from mail.stillbilde.net (unknown [IPv6:2002:51af:3dc3:0:20c:29ff:fece:79f3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC94C8FC13 for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:14:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPv6:2002:51af:3dc3:0:e4d7:9c01:5b54:9384] (unknown [IPv6:2002:51af:3dc3:0:e4d7:9c01:5b54:9384]) (Authenticated sender: svein-listmail) by mail.stillbilde.net (Familien Skogens mail) with ESMTPSA id 6456722 for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:14:59 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4C65FC18.40801@stillbilde.net> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:14:48 +0200 From: "Svein Skogen (Listmail account)" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100802 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <01DEC02A-DAE7-47B8-AD6C-3CCEFA98F311@cwis.biz> In-Reply-To: <01DEC02A-DAE7-47B8-AD6C-3CCEFA98F311@cwis.biz> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig2C1A5022FE6667236337305A" Subject: Re: 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 02:14:53 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig2C1A5022FE6667236337305A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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.= //Svein --=20 --------+-------------------+------------------------------- /"\ |Svein Skogen | svein@d80.iso100.no \ / |Solberg =D8stli 9 | PGP Key: 0xE5E76831 X |2020 Skedsmokorset | svein@jernhuset.no / \ |Norway | PGP Key: 0xCE96CE13 | | svein@stillbilde.net ascii | | PGP Key: 0x58CD33B6 ribbon |System Admin | svein-listmail@stillbilde.net Campaign|stillbilde.net | PGP Key: 0x22D494A4 +-------------------+------------------------------- |msn messenger: | Mobile Phone: +47 907 03 575 |svein@jernhuset.no | RIPE handle: SS16503-RIPE --------+-------------------+------------------------------- If you really are in a hurry, mail me at svein-mobile@stillbilde.net This mailbox goes directly to my cellphone and is checked even when I'm not in front of my computer. ------------------------------------------------------------ Picture Gallery: https://gallery.stillbilde.net/v/svein/ ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------enig2C1A5022FE6667236337305A Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxl/BsACgkQODUnwSLUlKRbdQCggklByd2rQMsbhectVzNzPHzO l2gAoJXSI9SFP6wUVwIGrK4ZtuQahylT =FKr7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig2C1A5022FE6667236337305A--