From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 18 17:56:47 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF9501065670 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:56:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pgiessel@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout012.mac.com (asmtpout012.mac.com [17.148.16.87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8CD28FC28 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:56:47 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Received: from Blue-Star.local ([12.12.31.115]) by asmtp012.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0LC300KGIDU1QM90@asmtp012.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:56:28 -0800 (PST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1010190000 definitions=main-1011180136 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.2.15,1.0.148,0.0.0000 definitions=2010-11-18_08:2010-11-18, 2010-11-18, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:56:27 -0900 From: "Peter A. Giessel" To: Ryan Coleman X-Priority: 3 In-reply-to: <158E057B-52BB-449E-B5C9-3239B13622F1@cwis.biz> Message-id: X-Mailer: Mailsmith 2.2.5 Cc: freebsd-questions , Andy Wodfer Subject: Re: FreeBSD and large harddrives X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:56:47 -0000 On 2010/11/18 at 8:44, ryan.coleman@cwis.biz (Ryan Coleman) wrote: >>FYI: I used Seagate hard drives (I hear they are >>coming out with a 3TB internal drive any day now): > > >Yes, but a 5200-5400 RPM drive, I believe. From the OP: On 2010/11/18 at 3:16, wodfer@gmail.com (Andy Wodfer) wrote: >Harddrive speed is not so important so a 5400rpm drive >would be OK. It would seem to me that a 5400 RPM very large drive is exactly what he is looking for. As he was being discouraged from using WD Greenline (which if the rumors are accurate is the only version the WD 3TB drive will be initially available in), the Seagate 3TB option may be useful to him.