[mythtv-users] > 1TB Hard Drive Recommendations

[Larry Finger]

Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 10/3/2009 16:40, John Drescher wrote:
>> WD 2.0GB green. I was surprised that although it does spin the disks
>> at ~5900 it is not noticeably slower than the other 5 Seagate 7200.8,
>> 7200.10 and 7200.11 drives that are currently in  my mythbox.
>>    
> 
> It's all about areal density.  The denser the platter, the slower they
> can spin and still achieve the same throughput.

Of course, the seek time.increases. No problem for data drives, but
you might see a difference if the OS is there.