[GRLUG] USB 3, SATA - 6Gbps

[mikemol at gmail.com]

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> "Green," not black.  What does that 
> mean in general?
> Good price though.

Low power consumption, for a magnetic hard disk. It's my understanding that they don't run at the standard 5600 or 7200 rpm seeds, but "somewhere" between them. (Perhaps there's a bit of tolerance leeway allowing less cost in manufacturing, too. Dunno.)

We're using a few Caviar Greens in a RAID5 at work, and while they get the job done, they do it a bit slower than a drive intended for quick random access.

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