[mythtvnz] New Hard Drive not performing well

[Richard (lists account)]

They speed up and slow down depending on use, frequent 2-3 second delays
just after you start to access them,

Also in desktop use they seem to get really bad when they get full. My
windows 7 machine changed from a total sloth that was unusable to quite ok
with just a change from a green to a black drive, the green tests ok,
benchmarks look ok.

As far as using it to store media on, its tolerable. Not tried one on a myth
machine yet because mine is in pieces as I needed parts for another PC, but
there is a massive difference between one and 2 copy operations onto or off
the WD green - 45-60MB/s for one, 5-6MB/S each for 2 of them. I guess the
silent and efficient seeking has its toll for performance.

I tried my old 1TB as a OS drive for my replacement firewall machine, it was
slower to boot than an old 160 gig IDE drive I cloned onto the WD green.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtvnz-bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz [mailto:mythtvnz-
> bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz] On Behalf Of Jonathan Hoskin
> Sent: Wednesday, 17 November 2010 10:19 p.m.
> To: MythTV in NZ
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] New Hard Drive not performing well
> 
> > You bought WD green drives. Nuff said there really. They are the
> pits.
> 
> I'm considering upgrading to a 2TB drive. Is there actually a "green"
> option that does work with Linux, out of the box, and is not the pits?
> 
> Otherwise, which non-green 2TB is working well for people?
> 
> --
> Jonathan
> 
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