[mythtvnz] OT: Seagate Drives - Would their video surveillance product line be better for Myth than the Barracuda?

[Criggie]

Matt Poff wrote:
> Looking at adding a new drive to the Myth box and pretty much settled
> on a Seagate because they represent pretty good price/performance. I
> see they have a new product line targeting the digital video
> surveillance market. The product can write multiple streams at once
> (which sounds useful for multiplexed simultaneous recordings).
>
> $136 ex GST for SV35 500GB vs $133 for a Barracuda. Anyone used these
> or thoughts either way?

Could be interesting to try - I didn't find any reviews or comparisons on
the web.  The barracuda has a 32 MB cache though.

BTW you want the SV35.3 model which is a 32 MB cache.

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