Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 13:41:29 -0400 From: "Andresen, Jason R." <jandrese@mitre.org> To: =?utf-8?B?RGFnLUVybGluZyBTbcO4cmdyYXY=?= <des@des.no>, Ilya Bakulin <webmaster@kibab.com> Cc: "geom@freebsd.org" <geom@freebsd.org>, "hackers@freebsd.org" <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Support for WD Advanced Format disks Message-ID: <600C0C33850FFE49B76BDD81AED4D25802685412EF@IMCMBX3.MITRE.ORG> In-Reply-To: <86lj7n2cug.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <86wrry1hwv.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20100828130912.48205a47@kibab.com> <20100828195024.3d671a76@kibab.com> <20100828204415.6875b4ec@kibab.com> <86bp8kjr7i.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20100830155638.710f8871@kibab-work.smstraffic.ru> <86eidgi7cn.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20100831150148.494d72b6@kibab-work.smstraffic.ru> <86lj7n2cug.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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From: Dag-Erling Smørgrav: > >Ilya Bakulin <webmaster@kibab.com> writes: >> May you suggest any other tests? > >What other tests? The disks suck, how are more tests going to improve >the situation? > >> Or let's live with sucking WD Green and look for other 4096K-sector >> models from other manufacturers? > >I see no reason why sector size should be a selection criterium. Just >buy the disk that gives you the best performance and / or capacity for >your money. WD Green disks are cheap, but other vendors offer models >with the same capacity and twice the speed for only 5% or 10% more. Heck, Western Digital themselves offer faster drives that are only a few dollars more. The Green drives are built for low noise/power/heat, not for speed.
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