Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:18:45 +0800 From: TJ Varghese <tj@tjvarghese.com> To: Ryan Coleman <ryan.coleman@cwis.biz> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 5900 RPM drives Message-ID: <AANLkTi=oBd5-%2Ba0GsLOj=yNp=MG-2_P%2Btpm7=ZTg9C3z@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8EBF0C2A-D766-4489-AC65-F06C620D1B3F@cwis.biz> References: <01DEC02A-DAE7-47B8-AD6C-3CCEFA98F311@cwis.biz> <AANLkTimTYwBi=3qkoFOJkF0sZbmLpG_uZ=b7Ud9YkCLz@mail.gmail.com> <8EBF0C2A-D766-4489-AC65-F06C620D1B3F@cwis.biz>
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On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Ryan Coleman <ryan.coleman@cwis.biz>wrote: > I was actually looking at the Seagate Barracuda model... I'm upgrading my > RAID 5 of 8x1TB to something larger. $135 each: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148487 > > If it's for a personal NAS, it's fine, but if it's for production use, well, it might be rather chancey. One dead drive and your entire array will likely be hung w/o TLER. Kind of pointless to have RAID-5/-z and not have it work when you need it to. regards, TJ
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