[geeks] Impressive...

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On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 08:31:54AM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> The WD "green" drives are low power (hence cooler) than 7200 RPM drives, 
> and for normal, general-purpose use (not OLTP, RDBMS, or other demanding 
> application) are fine, and in a budget box, may be faster than your 
> network connection or your SATA controller. If you RAID x0 the drives, 
> they should meet all but the most demanding requirements.

The thing to check out before you buy them is if they are designed to
spin down when idle. It saves electricity, reduces heat dissipation, etc.

If they are used enough that they never spin down, they may overheat and
fail prematurely.

Geoff.


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