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

Mark Lord mythtv at rtr.ca
Fri Feb 17 20:29:07 UTC 2012


On 12-02-17 03:27 PM, Mark Lord wrote:
> 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.


Mmmm.. not to mention that the article linked to above is about a decade old,
and not particularly relevant to modern technology.  An updated version might
have the same or different findings.  Dunno.


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