On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:57 PM, Aaron Mason <simplersolut...@gmail.com> wrote: > But as Mr. Anon says, choose your hardware carefully. Getting it > wrong can be disastrous. My EON-based file server is a Core2Duo 6400 > w/ 4GB RAM on a Gigabyte G41MT-ES2L and 4 2TB WD Green drives which > collectively pull 177MB/sec, though the onboard Realtek NIC maxes out > at 88MB/sec it still beats the shtick out of the 12MB/sec I was > getting before.
I would avoid "green" drives like the plague. Check out the SMART status on them and look at the drive park statistic among others. Look at how high the number is, versus what the life time recommended number... -- http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30v_g83VHK4
