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Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> Am Mittwoch, 9. Mai 2012, 03:47:09 schrieb Dale: |
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>> Hi, |
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>> As some know, I'm planning to buy me a LARGE hard drive to put all my |
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>> videos on, eventually. The prices are coming down now. I keep seeing |
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>> these "green" drives that are made by just about every company nowadays. |
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>> When comparing them to a non "green" drive, do they hold up as good? |
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>> Are they as dependable as a plain drive? I guess they are more |
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>> efficient and I get that but do they break quicker, more often or no |
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>> difference? |
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>> I have noticed that they tend to spin slower and are cheaper. That much |
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>> I have figured out. Other than that, I can't see any other difference. |
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>> Data speeds seem to be about the same. |
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>> Please, no brand wars. I may get a WD, Maxtor, Samsung or some other |
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>> brand. I haven't picked that part yet. So far, I have had good luck |
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>> with drives. I think I have one doorstop so far. I have at least one |
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>> of each of the brands above too. Don't jinx me. I'm sure someone has a |
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>> horror story about some brand. |
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>> Thanks much. |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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> samsung here. Put that beast into an esata case. Sometimes I forget to turn it |
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> off, because it is so silent. And cool. The others should be similar. They are |
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> slower, yes, but fast enough to watch video. |
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> 7200 for stuff that needs some speed. |
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> 5400 for video and backups. |
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> just fine. |
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My videos and such is on a Samsung 750Gb drive now. I'm pretty sure it |
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is a 7200rpm drive tho. My whole system is quiet. I have a Cooler |
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Master HAF-932 case with those LARGE fans and you can't hear anything. |
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Even if I cut everything else off in this room, I can't hear the system |
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at all. Let's keep in mind that I am getting older tho. ;-) |
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One reason I am considering the green drives is that I can buy a larger |
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drive for about the same price. I use LVM so I added a 250Gb drive to |
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the 750Gb to get 1Tb. Thing is, I'll have that full to before to long. |
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I need to go ahead and get a large drive. Even a 2Tb drive will be |
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about half full if I transfer it all over. Of course I'm keeping the |
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750Gb to tho. Here is where I am with all drives in use. |
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/dev/mapper/data-data1 923G 619G 297G 68% /data |
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I start looking when I get to about 70% and by 85%, I want some hardware |
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or a plan to move things around or something. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or |
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how you interpreted my words! |
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