On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 4:17 PM, bofh <goodb...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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... >
I would too if it were an enterprise setup. This is but a home setup built on a limited budget. > > -- > 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 > -- Aaron Mason - Programmer, open source addict I've taken my software vows - for beta or for worse
