[mythtv-users] Going to add HD-- anyone with the WD "green" sata drive?

[Evuraan::ഏവൂരാന്‍]

imo, MTBF for those two types of drives don't change much.

FWIW,  I would ask you this rather : if you went with the cheaper
drive, is it going to cost you $22.00 for power during its life time?

very Likely not.  I'd take the $$ savings upfront.  - thats just me though. :)

2009/3/13 David Rees <drees76 at gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Bobby Gill <bobbygill at rogers.com> wrote:
>> I'm looking at the WD 1TB, but am wondering if there is a significant
>> difference in speed between the "green" version of the drive (here:
>> http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136317) and the
>> standard one
>> (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284). It's a
>> roughly $22 difference, not a huge issue.
>>
>> If anyone has 'em, would appreciate feedback, thanks.
>
> I've got the 500GB version which replaced a Seagate 320GB drive.
>
> The GP is extremely quiet, draws about half the power of the Seagate
> and runs nice and cool.
>
> Streaming read and write performance is actually better than the drive
> it replaced.  I think the 1TB model might be slightly better than the
> one I have.
>
> You do notice it's seems a bit slower if you do any disk activity that
> is seek heavy with random IO, but with typical Myth activity it's
> never noticeable or an issue.
>
> I would buy another if I were in the market to do so.
>
> -Dave