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Barracuda 7200.9 SATA 16 MB 300GB 3Gb/s - what's better?
I'm looking for a SATA disk to match up with a dual Opteron Tyan Thunder K8WE
(S2895) motherboard with dual Ultra 320 SCSI controllers and SATA-II http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8we.html The system will run Solaris x64. I want it as a workstation, not a server. Is this a good choice? Can you suggest something better at similar price (i.e. not the WD Raptors) Model Number:ST3300622AS Capacity:300 GB Speed:7200 rpm Cache: 16 Mb Interface:SATA 3Gb/s http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/...81,719,00.html Hard disk size is not that important - even 160 GB will be fine. -- Dave K MCSE. MCSE = Minefield Consultant and Solitaire Expert. Please note my email address changes periodically to avoid spam. It is always of the form: month-year@domain. Hitting reply will work for a couple of months only. Later set it manually. |
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Barracuda 7200.9 SATA 16 MB 300GB 3Gb/s - what's better?
I'm looking for a SATA disk to match up with a dual Opteron Tyan Thunder
K8WE (S2895) motherboard with dual Ultra 320 SCSI controllers and SATA-II http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8we.html The system will run Solaris x64. I want it as a workstation, not a server. Is this a good choice? Can you suggest something better at similar price (i.e. not the WD Raptors) Model Number:ST3300622AS Capacity:300 GB Speed:7200 rpm Cache: 16 Mb Interface:SATA 3Gb/s http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/...81,719,00.html Hard disk size is not that important - even 160 GB will be fine. If it wasn't for *nix OS, I would suggest to get two decent SATA drives in RAID0 (BIOS). Otherwise you may be happier with U320 SCSI drive. |
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Barracuda 7200.9 SATA 16 MB 300GB 3Gb/s - what's better?
I'm looking for a SATA disk to match up with a dual Opteron Tyan Thunder
K8WE (S2895) motherboard with dual Ultra 320 SCSI controllers and SATA-II http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8we.html The system will run Solaris x64. I want it as a workstation, not a server. Is this a good choice? Can you suggest something better at similar price (i.e. not the WD Raptors) Model Number:ST3300622AS Capacity:300 GB Speed:7200 rpm Cache: 16 Mb Interface:SATA 3Gb/s http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/...81,719,00.html Hard disk size is not that important - even 160 GB will be fine. If it wasn't for *nix OS, I would suggest to get two decent SATA drives in RAID0 (BIOS). Otherwise you may be happier with U320 SCSI drive. Is the boost in performance noticeable? Extent of boost depends on performance measures. |
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Barracuda 7200.9 SATA 16 MB 300GB 3Gb/s - what's better?
Peter wrote:
I'm looking for a SATA disk to match up with a dual Opteron Tyan Thunder K8WE (S2895) motherboard with dual Ultra 320 SCSI controllers and SATA-II http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8we.html The system will run Solaris x64. I want it as a workstation, not a server. Is this a good choice? Can you suggest something better at similar price (i.e. not the WD Raptors) Model Number:ST3300622AS Capacity:300 GB Speed:7200 rpm Cache: 16 Mb Interface:SATA 3Gb/s http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/...81,719,00.html Hard disk size is not that important - even 160 GB will be fine. If it wasn't for *nix OS, I would suggest to get two decent SATA drives in RAID0 (BIOS). Otherwise you may be happier with U320 SCSI drive. RAID 0 support will be available soon in Solaris. Apparently it is in Solaris Express, which is a pre release / beta. And someone has just posted elsewhere that with the upcoming ZFS http://www.sun.com/2004-0914/feature/ apparently RAID support of hardware will not be necessary. But I must admit I am still tempted by SCSI. The access times are much shorter on them - as little as 3.5 ms on some disks and perhaps less on others. -- Dave K MCSE. MCSE = Minefield Consultant and Solitaire Expert. Please note my email address changes periodically to avoid spam. It is always of the form: month-year@domain. Hitting reply will work for a couple of months only. Later set it manually. |
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Barracuda 7200.9 SATA 16 MB 300GB 3Gb/s - what's better?
Peter wrote:
I'm looking for a SATA disk to match up with a dual Opteron Tyan Thunder K8WE (S2895) motherboard with dual Ultra 320 SCSI controllers and SATA-II http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8we.html The system will run Solaris x64. I want it as a workstation, not a server. Is this a good choice? Can you suggest something better at similar price (i.e. not the WD Raptors) Model Number:ST3300622AS Capacity:300 GB Speed:7200 rpm Cache: 16 Mb Interface:SATA 3Gb/s http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/...81,719,00.html Hard disk size is not that important - even 160 GB will be fine. If it wasn't for *nix OS, I would suggest to get two decent SATA drives in RAID0 (BIOS). Otherwise you may be happier with U320 SCSI drive. BTW, I forgot to ask. What would be the "decent SATA drive" you suggest? Assuming one did not go down the route of SCSI or RAID, what is the best affordable SATA drive? Is there an obvious disk that would be better than the Seagate in the subject line? -- Dave K MCSE. MCSE = Minefield Consultant and Solitaire Expert. Please note my email address changes periodically to avoid spam. It is always of the form: month-year@domain. Hitting reply will work for a couple of months only. Later set it manually. |
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Barracuda 7200.9 SATA 16 MB 300GB 3Gb/s - what's better?
"Dave (from the UK)"
wrote in message ... Peter wrote: I'm looking for a SATA disk to match up with a dual Opteron Tyan Thunder K8WE (S2895) motherboard with dual Ultra 320 SCSI controllers and SATA-II http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8we.html The system will run Solaris x64. I want it as a workstation, not a server. Is this a good choice? Can you suggest something better at similar price (i.e. not the WD Raptors) Model Number:ST3300622AS Capacity:300 GB Speed:7200 rpm Cache: 16 Mb Interface:SATA 3Gb/s http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/...ail/0,1081,719, 00.html Hard disk size is not that important - even 160 GB will be fine. If it wasn't for *nix OS, I would suggest to get two decent SATA drives in RAID0 (BIOS). Otherwise you may be happier with U320 SCSI drive. BTW, I forgot to ask. What would be the "decent SATA drive" you suggest? Assuming one did not go down the route of SCSI or RAID, what is the best affordable SATA drive? Is there an obvious disk that would be better than the Seagate in the subject line? Hitachi Deskstar 7K500. Fantastic! 2TB here working quiet, cool and FAST! http://www.storagereview.com/php/ben...bench_sort.php Ignore any "Deathstar" comments that may appear, as that problem only affected a few old (60 & 75GXP series) models, many years ago. -- Rob(UK) |
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Barracuda 7200.9 SATA 16 MB 300GB 3Gb/s - what's better?
Rob Hemmings wrote:
Hitachi Deskstar 7K500. Fantastic! 2TB here working quiet, cool and FAST! http://www.storagereview.com/php/ben...bench_sort.php Ignore any "Deathstar" comments that may appear, as that problem only affected a few old (60 & 75GXP series) models, many years ago. Actually, Deskstars from even two years ago were problematic. However, the 7K500 is probably not a bad drive if it is kept cool. Certainly better than its older brothers and sisters. I may even consider trying some out myself. Odie -- Retrodata www.retrodata.co.uk Globally Local Data Recovery Experts |
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Barracuda 7200.9 SATA 16 MB 300GB 3Gb/s - what's better?
"Dave (from the UK)" wrote...
If it wasn't for *nix OS, I would suggest to get two decent SATA drives in RAID0 (BIOS). Otherwise you may be happier with U320 SCSI drive. BTW, I forgot to ask. What would be the "decent SATA drive" you suggest? Assuming one did not go down the route of SCSI or RAID, what is the best affordable SATA drive? Is there an obvious disk that would be better than the Seagate in the subject line? Depends on the definition of "affordable" and the size requirement... The WD Raptor 150 may suit you for performance, but not for price or size. Otherwise, the Seagate is as good as any; I have the IDE version in my external backup setup. |
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Barracuda 7200.9 SATA 16 MB 300GB 3Gb/s - what's better?
A workstation should have a 10K drive. It can be the WD SATA Raptor or SCSI.
RAID 0 is pointless for the OS drive, UNIX or Windows. I/O is mostly random. "Dave (from the UK)" wrote in message ... I'm looking for a SATA disk to match up with a dual Opteron Tyan Thunder K8WE (S2895) motherboard with dual Ultra 320 SCSI controllers and SATA-II http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8we.html The system will run Solaris x64. I want it as a workstation, not a server. Is this a good choice? Can you suggest something better at similar price (i.e. not the WD Raptors) |
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Barracuda 7200.9 SATA 16 MB 300GB 3Gb/s - what's better?
Eric Gisin wrote
A workstation should have a 10K drive. Depends entirely on how its used. Wouldnt do a damned thing here, because I have plenty of physical ram and dont ever turn it off. It can be the WD SATA Raptor or SCSI. It can be basic PATA or SATA. RAID 0 is pointless for the OS drive, UNIX or Windows. I/O is mostly random. Doesnt need 10K drives either. "Dave (from the UK)" wrote in message ... I'm looking for a SATA disk to match up with a dual Opteron Tyan Thunder K8WE (S2895) motherboard with dual Ultra 320 SCSI controllers and SATA-II http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8we.html The system will run Solaris x64. I want it as a workstation, not a server. Is this a good choice? Can you suggest something better at similar price (i.e. not the WD Raptors) |
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