Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:22:38 +0100 From: Fluffles <etc@fluffles.net> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: External HDD Message-ID: <45CB5C5E.2040603@fluffles.net> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420702080827q57258cedtbd573eb988cd9e86@mail.gmail.com> 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> <cb5206420702080827q57258cedtbd573eb988cd9e86@mail.gmail.com>
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Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: > 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... No drive is reliable enough; dire truth. That's why RAID is so popular these days. Build yourself a nice NAS server and use geom_raid5 on it to provide for reliability. :) - V
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