From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Sep 14 22:40:05 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05911BDB431 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 22:40:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x22f.google.com (mail-wm0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::22f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 95DC61A7E for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 22:40:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id 1so58720414wmz.1 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 15:40:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=2EOuTASNiBYufbwTYSQUioWkkA/9ZpXeutjvvysHGvA=; b=nQqz7ADDKv/o4AFxnEP74Tjd9fCQAcP8hLaCxuU9EBJ08kE8zYNu6oSSH9tL6i/7fd 1oFI2WM5URWyOJjVb9vxrnatoDObWL9FgAa7Le5Grb6h21+ATJ6n0z/BZoken60YdKoY LdO80T0AVQRMnlQzZS3DCrWKleMacCeubGKRDOIvajIgnR8Vgw16EIAFNSfpsnn1ZKkn AZsgxxViZ0Ta5OsdBKr5mrRTDHmZiRwZ7AaxKVr1MqZX5lp4QGoklXPO84YiJP86C5nD 99IbgRfFr+B2fACyMkUu9XrF2p738fAM+VnorigQpjHd7OIeUBteVFhkLjPUhEzNZn9u 6pDw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=2EOuTASNiBYufbwTYSQUioWkkA/9ZpXeutjvvysHGvA=; b=cdXGs3qWD6+WgvK52AxdHZVjEJ2OBgjIVPblwkZ5TinkESFaIHpCxPeyzflclTPZzy C16tfLKspn9waUb9DxVFEOXsJJTHIK1U84032jOwV1g+xvaCXMZWDticASenPkvp9DL6 HBh1ghz+Sfsw5skXgm/VPMasItSLiZD1bQJ3xvZfOb0huCrhKZD7Zzm/bOdcvW4e1I66 A/NMiw/IhyX6WMM9z1uoAQWt8HIOFEGDoDvs6bI7DFWl8sfHYsTafPXnGtehPRNY+cn6 rNucOcue49U0i6+lWKyeLDOQsGDEbuKGhW6Zob929PWKX0N619b5XH490UovbDqqkFYV kclQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AE9vXwMakIxgjUkXWiaw3JD0nXDAvaYWl4Wuh9VGbAX1Md4ba323GHD5l8SMJlSqxi8VLQ== X-Received: by 10.28.145.20 with SMTP id t20mr5513390wmd.74.1473892801904; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 15:40:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com ([81.17.24.158]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id u64sm12850503wmd.20.2016.09.14.15.39.59 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Wed, 14 Sep 2016 15:40:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 23:39:58 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best kind of hard drive for heavy use? Message-ID: <20160914233958.3ae5d3ae@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <64887.128.135.52.6.1473793846.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> References: <42.56.05022.D3A48D75@dnvrco-oedge02> <64887.128.135.52.6.1473793846.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.14.0 (GTK+ 2.24.29; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 22:40:05 -0000 On Tue, 13 Sep 2016 14:10:46 -0500 (CDT) Valeri Galtsev wrote: > I usually use HGST (formerly Hitachi, before that IBM); - He filled > and sealed ones sound really good (we will know statistics on them > some 5-7 years down the road, so now we can only guess). Personally I wouldn't want to risk it until then. These drives rely on the helium atmosphere to work correctly, and helium is notoriously difficult to contain in the long-term because it's a monatomic gas.