Andy,
If it's just for a server I would go for the slower drives for a
couple
of reasons...
1. Heat – The perennial killer of all things electronic
;-)
2. Do you really need speedy drives in a server? 9/10 I would say
no.
3. Cost, okay so not a huge saving but a saving
none-the-less.
4. To serve up files or MP3 the speed is wasted,
IMO
In any server or mass-storage applications I generally tend to go
down
the 5400rpm route as it tends to be fast enough without causing major
headaches
and they simply work! I even used 5400rpm drives in TiVo and its fine with
that
and that’s serving up video!
Now if you want to play games things
change…
J
K..for the slower drives
for a
couple of reasons..
> -----Original
Message-----
> From:
Andy Bovingdon [mailto:bov@xxxxxxx]
> Sent:
29 April 2002 09:40
> To:
ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject:
Re: [ukha_d] OT Raid Setup for MP3 Server
>
> Recommendations time folks - Still sorting out that new PC and
looking
> at the ABIT legacy free mobo, that features RAID. Would it be
better
> to get 1 7200rpm 60Gb drive or a couple of cheaper and
possibly
slower
> 40Gb drives acting as one 80Gb drive? Since it has the RAID
capability,
> what is the most cost effective way to getting the most
performance
etc.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Fidell"
<james@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 11:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] OT Raid Setup for MP3
Server
>
>
> > Quoting paul_watkin
(paul_watkin@xxxxxxx):
> >
> > > I want to create a mirrored copy of all of my MP3's,
I
propose to
> > > have the following drives
> > >
> > > Drive0 120Gig
> > > Drive1 120Gig
> > >
> > > Drive2 120Gig
> > > Drive3 120gig
> > >
> > > Drive4 20Gig
> > >
> > > Drives 0+1 will become a pairing to create one
240Gig
drive as will
> > > drives 2+3, with the second pairing being a mirror
of
the first, I
> > > think this is theoretically possible but not
sure.
> >
> > It's certainly possibly in theory, but given that an mp3
partition is
> > likely to have a high proportion of reads and few writes,
why
not go
> > for RAID5 and have 360GB of usable
disk?
> >
> > James
> >
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