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Re: Which hard drive for raid1 for 24x7 machine

From Peter Chant <pete@petezilla.co.uk>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject Re: Which hard drive for raid1 for 24x7 machine
Date 2016-03-19 10:05 +0000
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On 03/18/2016 07:03 PM, philo wrote:

> 
> I think it would be a good idea to get the WD Red  or perhaps an HGST
> Enterprise

Good disk is a WD Red as it turns out, so that really points me to the
choice for the 2nd drive.

> 
> Standard desktop drives are so inexpensive that if you bought a drive at
> "twice the price" it still would hardly be a fortune

Yes and no.  I'm not replacing both disks so I'm tied to the performance
of the lower performer.  It is a thought, but it is a chunk of cash.
Depends on how often I buy bits.

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Which hard drive for raid1 for 24x7 machine Peter Chant <pete@petezilla.co.uk> - 2016-03-18 18:27 +0000
  Re: Which hard drive for raid1 for 24x7 machine philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-03-18 14:03 -0500
    Re: Which hard drive for raid1 for 24x7 machine Peter Chant <pete@petezilla.co.uk> - 2016-03-19 10:05 +0000
      Re: Which hard drive for raid1 for 24x7 machine philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-03-19 07:02 -0500
        Re: Which hard drive for raid1 for 24x7 machine Peter Chant <pete@petezilla.co.uk> - 2016-03-19 14:40 +0000
          Re: Which hard drive for raid1 for 24x7 machine philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-03-19 12:19 -0500
          Re: Which hard drive for raid1 for 24x7 machine Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2016-03-19 22:19 +0000
            Re: Which hard drive for raid1 for 24x7 machine Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-03-20 03:35 +0000
              Re: Which hard drive for raid1 for 24x7 machine Scott Hemphill <hemphill@hemphills.net> - 2016-03-20 09:31 -0400
            Re: Which hard drive for raid1 for 24x7 machine Dave <noone$$@llondel.org> - 2016-03-24 19:47 -0700
              Re: Which hard drive for raid1 for 24x7 machine philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-03-25 05:26 -0500
  Re: Which hard drive for raid1 for 24x7 machine Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2016-03-18 19:39 +0000

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