Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 19:27:37 +0300 From: "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: Fluffles <etc@fluffles.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, rsh <bsdgroup.md@gmail.com> Subject: Re: External HDD Message-ID: <cb5206420702080827q57258cedtbd573eb988cd9e86@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45CB391F.6070903@fluffles.net> References: <1170861895.87827.8.camel@localhost> <45CA1107.1020609@fluffles.net> <cb5206420702070958n1b02c5b2w3320ebd779c09791@mail.gmail.com> <45CB2DE8.1090609@fluffles.net> <cb5206420702080629p237800f2xc80c1c3f3554f3f0@mail.gmail.com> <45CB391F.6070903@fluffles.net>
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On 2/8/07, Fluffles <etc@fluffles.net> wrote: > Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: > > Hmm, Samsung 3,5" drives are rather cheap these days, > > look like a bargain to me. I remember they were regarded > > as a bit slow, but stable some years ago, wonder if that > > is still true... > > The Samsung T166 500GB drive not only has the highest GB-per-euro/dollar > ratio but is also the fastest drive in terms of Sequential Transfer Rate > (STR); beating even the WD Raptor; though i have to say random I/O > performance is much more important than STR. What I'm worried the most about is reliability. I would settle for 10Mb/sec performance if I had a guarantee it would work 24x7x365 for 10 years straight...
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