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2TB drive: Segate ST2000DL003 or good ol' Samsung HD204UI?
Freedom Kira:
Yeah, that's pretty much it. A larger cache helps improve speeds. 32MB is the least you'd want; 64MB if it's available.
Anyway, I've always loved Samsung and Hitachi drives. Currently have six of the Hitachi 3TB drives in my server; none were DOA and all have been working nearly 24/7 for the past month and a half. My older NAS box has four 1.5TB Samsung 5400RPMs, and they're all also chugging along nicely; just had one problem once when I took the computer to work to dust it out with an air compressor and one of the drives was not detected when I put it back in. Restarted a couple times, jiggled a few wires, and it came back, no problem.
As for sizes, you're likely to have better performance with a higher capacity disk. That's because the data stored on each platter is more dense on a higher capacity disk, meaning the disk can access more data for the same number of revolutions. Still, don't expect any conventional HDD to fully reach SATA II speeds.
ColdFission:
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on September 27, 2011, 07:25:39 AM ---Yeah, that's pretty much it. A larger cache helps improve speeds. 32MB is the least you'd want; 64MB if it's available.
Anyway, I've always loved Samsung and Hitachi drives. Currently have six of the Hitachi 3TB drives in my server; none were DOA and all have been working nearly 24/7 for the past month and a half. My older NAS box has four 1.5TB Samsung 5400RPMs, and they're all also chugging along nicely; just had one problem once when I took the computer to work to dust it out with an air compressor and one of the drives was not detected when I put it back in. Restarted a couple times, jiggled a few wires, and it came back, no problem.
As for sizes, you're likely to have better performance with a higher capacity disk. That's because the data stored on each platter is more dense on a higher capacity disk, meaning the disk can access more data for the same number of revolutions. Still, don't expect any conventional HDD to fully reach SATA II speeds.
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Wooh, that's a very impressive server you got there. Are you using SATA RAID cards that support drives beyond the BIOS limited 2.19 TB barrier or are you using and EFI enabled mobo? Really curious on what hardware you're running with your Hitachis.
Lupin:
Seagate, from my experience is very sensitive to voltage fluctuations. I've killed several drives due to simple power failures while none of my WD drives (connected to the same system) weren't affected.
For WD green drives, I recommend turning off all power saving features in the OS. You can also modify the time before the drive parks the head with a utility. Check WD site for that.
I'd pick Samsungs over Seagates. I also recommend Hitachi especially if your building RAID
fohfoh:
IIRC Hitachi was purchased by WD recently? Or was that someone else?
Gamerzhell:
Hitachi sold their HDD division to Western Digital.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-07/western-digital-to-buy-hitachi-unit-for-4-3-billion-in-cash-stock-deal.html
Samsung sold their HDD division to Seagate.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/19/samsung-sells-hdd-division-to-seagate-for-1-375-billion/
WD or Seagate, pick your poison.
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