Duncan, > If you choose to build a large local RAID-based storage system, I can not see > why you would buy any MFG HD that is not 'enterprise' rated.
PRICE! I need to balance the cost with the benefit. I have several Sans Digital eSata cases with 5 drives each. I populated the last one over a year ago with 5x Samsung EcoGreen 2tb drives (for a total of 10 TB) and have not had any problems with the enclosure. I paid $79 each for the last 2 drives I purchased. At the time, they had 3 year warranties. I find it difficult to justify $129 for the "same" drive with only a 1 year warranty. Jim [email protected] P.S. Wouldn't mind a couple of SSDs for my main system.
