[mythtv-users] Notebook hard drives

[Brian Johnson]

I only know the generalities:
1. notebook hard drives are slower than desktop ones
2. you need an adapter to connect notebook drives to a desktop machine (about $20 ea
so $40 total)
3. desktop drives are down to about $1.00/GB for 7200 rpm ide drives


so consider getting a new 60 GB (or bigger) HD



Scott Blomfield (ScottB at Cavps.com) wrote:
>
>Does anyone have any experience with notebook hard drives as the primary
>storage for Myth?
>
>I have two drives, a 40Gb notebook (Hitachi DK23DA-40F) and a 20GB
>Western Digital Caviar 7200RPM standard drive.
>I would prefer the increased disk space for more videos if possible, but
>I thought I heard somewhere that most notebook drives are only 5400RPM
>or lower, and would not hold up to this kind of access. Anyone with some
>real world experience with MythTV and notebook drives?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Scott
>