[mythtv-users] warning for anyone with western digital green drives

Mark Lord mythtv at rtr.ca
Fri Feb 17 20:27:01 UTC 2012


On 12-02-17 02:10 AM, James Linder wrote:
>
> Perhaps in your over general bashing you should consider
> https://www.google.com.au/search?q=seagate+ata+more+than+just+an+interface&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&oei=t_w9T7_UKPCviQfdh9DCBA
> the Seagate 'more than just an interface' paper
..

..which after reading, suggests that the only major difference that matters
is that the "enterprise" drives spin faster than the 7200rpm maximum that
is permitted for "non-enterprise" drives (one lone WDC model excepted).

Just about everything else in that article involves tech and materials
to permit the drive to still function without exploding at those higher
RPM speeds.  Plus they use more complex host interfaces (than SATA).
The drives end up much more complex, with lots more silicon inside,
and thus don't fare any better for home use on the MTBF front.

For enterprise use, they *might* do better, but Google discovered otherwise
a few years ago.  That may have changed (or not) since then.

cheers


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