[mythtvnz] Hardware Recommendations

AlanP alan.p at orcon.net.nz
Sun Oct 9 04:13:24 BST 2011


At 01:57 p.m. 9/10/2011, you wrote:
>Please note the WD "green" drives when in Raid or LVM extents mode wear 
>out the heads very quickly unless you flash a firmware hack.

Just did a brief google, and WD's website is very cagey about the actual 
speed of the Green series. They claim that it will perform "comparably" to 
a 7200rpm drive...

Maybe I'm a cynic, but it seems a bit like weasel words to me.

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Alan Podjursky                  ICQ 24423014
"When in doubt, use brute force." -- Ken Thompson 




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