[mythtvnz] Hardware Recommendations

[rob at webworxshop.com]

On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:13:24 +1200, AlanP wrote:
> 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.
>

My understanding was that they were more like 5400 drives, but I can't 
remember where I heard that.

Rob