right now i'm running four of the WD6400AAKS in RAID 10. this is fine, but i want to increase capacity soon.
i cannot find larger, reliable hard drives. they all seem to have significantly higher rates of failure. this even includes the wd re3, re4, and re4-gp.
also, reports of incompatibility are very disheartening:
http://blog.insanegenius.com/2009/09/western- … drive.html
i cannot find larger, reliable hard drives. they all seem to have significantly higher rates of failure. this even includes the wd re3, re4, and re4-gp.
also, reports of incompatibility are very disheartening:
http://blog.insanegenius.com/2009/09/western- … drive.html
hrmm. rough.
Is you buy *any* WD green power drive, be sure to use the wdidle utility!
Here is some info: http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=4234
As for the link: We use a lot of WD drives, and AFAIK we never had any problems. We use a lot of WD drives in various RAID levels and controllers ...
Here is some info: http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=4234
As for the link: We use a lot of WD drives, and AFAIK we never had any problems. We use a lot of WD drives in various RAID levels and controllers ...
man we have so much storage at work i just lose track of reality sometimes.
dude likes the hitachi a7k2000, maybe they are for real:
http://blog.insanegenius.com/2009/10/hitachi- … acude.html
http://blog.insanegenius.com/2009/10/hitachi- … acude.html