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Date:      Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:03:29 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        "Andresen\, Jason R." <jandrese@mitre.org>
Cc:        Ilya Bakulin <webmaster@kibab.com>, "hackers@freebsd.org" <hackers@freebsd.org>, "geom@freebsd.org" <geom@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Support for WD Advanced Format disks
Message-ID:  <868w3kmphq.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <600C0C33850FFE49B76BDD81AED4D25802685412EF@IMCMBX3.MITRE.ORG> (Jason R. Andresen's message of "Wed, 1 Sep 2010 13:41:29 -0400")
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> <600C0C33850FFE49B76BDD81AED4D25802685412EF@IMCMBX3.MITRE.ORG>

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"Andresen, Jason R." <jandrese@mitre.org> writes:
> Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes:
> > 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.

Yes, the blue series IIRC.  I was looking at Caviar Black prices, which
are significantly higher.

> The Green drives are built for low noise/power/heat, not for speed.

Yup.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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