Re: Re: SATA vs EIDE Hard drives for a file server

[Gerry Duprey <gerry@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Howdy,

SATA would be my suggestion.

The cables are smaller/thinner making it easier to work in your case and
allowing more airflow around things.  SATA interfaces are faster than IDE
(though they are both a bit limited by the drive hardware).

I just recently (well, 6 months ago) built a 2TB video server/HTPC using 8
300GB SATA drives.   I am using RAID-5 on them because while I could re-rip
my 230+ DVDs on it -- who wants to?  It took a month of evenings to do it.

The drives have performed flawlessly.  This was my first SATA usage (I
usually use SCSI for RAID, but the SCSI drives either weren't this large or
were ungodly expensive).  Since then I've configured or helped folks
configure a number of systems using SATA and haven't run into any problems
yet.

And on the RAID issue, it really isn't that difficult or problem prone.  If
you value your time at something over $30/hour, it may really start to
suggest a way to protect the data (RAID-5, while not great for databases,
is
great for media (video, music, pictures) and allows the least amount of
capacity loss to overhead.

Gerry

noel_pilot wrote:
> I don't intend to use Raid to be honest, no real need for it and the
> complexity and troubles it seems to bring.  All data small enough will
> be backed up, e.g. photos and music and other documents whilst movies
> will be on DVD discs so can be re-ripped if required.
>
> So.....opinions on IDE vx SATA???
>
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> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "christopher purves"
> <CHRIS_PURVES@M...> wrote:
>  > I think the question for raid is sata vs scsi really. All our
> machines at
>  > work still use scsi for reliability. We would expect a 5tb stack
> with scsi
>  > disks to lose 1 disk per year on average. I imagine with ata
(PATA
> or SATA)
>  > failures are much more frequent.
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>  > Chris
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>  > >From: "noel_pilot" <HA@a...>
>  > >Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>  > >To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>  > >Subject: [ukha_d] SATA vs EIDE Hard drives for a file server
>  > >Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:17:50 -0000
>  > >
>  > >Hey all,
>  > >Looking to build my first proper file server similar to the
one in
>  > >Marks guide.
>  > >Hard drives are coming via a friend from the states so very
nice
>  > >prices e.g. $145 for 320Gb either SATA or EIDE. (approx
£79!!)
>  > >
>  > >Opinions on the benefits or drawbacks of either method.
>  > >I know SATA has hot swappability but I dont seem to have
seen as many
>  > >caddies available.
>  > >Probably looking eventually at around 6 to 8 drives for
around 2Tb!
>  > >Thanks all,
>  > >Noel
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Gerry Duprey
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
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