I remember having read that "enterprise" drives are built to run nonstop ( 24x7 ), whereas "consumer" disks are expected to be used briefly (2-3hrs?) and then powered down daily.
So, the differences could be firmware, cooling & airflow, bearing types (fluid vs ball) etc. Regards Anand On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Greg Lindahl <lind...@pbm.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 09:29:09PM -0500, Gus Correa wrote: > > > Any other suggestions of specific vendors > > that may have better prices of enterprise (or consumer) > > class drives, in bulk or not? > > My suggestion was that you ask a system integrator who actually sells > a lot of enterprise drives. > > -- greg > > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >
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