[GRLUG] Enterprise hard drives

David Pembrook david at pembrook.net
Wed Apr 4 13:41:38 EDT 2007


Take a look at them... With the exception of the WD Raptor's (pricey) 
they have good warranties and a good price/performance ratio. Its not an 
article on SCSI but rather ATA and SATA drives.

I'd still go with the (real) hardware solution anyhow if doing more than 
mirroring.

Dave

Tim Schmidt wrote:
> On 4/4/07, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/04/02/the_best_in_enterprise_hard_drives/index.html
>>
>> Nice article about the high price spread.
>>     
>
> I have yet to find an advantage in buying more expensive drives that
> cannot be had with more, cheaper, roomier commodity drives and
> software raid.
>
> --tim
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