i think it really does depend on the disk you get. i've had a consumer
(IDE) disk recording cctv 24*7 for 3 years without fail touch wood. i
think the margin between the disks now is growing smaller and smaller.
our new back up system at work uses consumer disks in a raid 5 array.
matt
Anand Vaidya wrote:
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
<mailto: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
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