On Jul 23, 2008, at 2:27 PM, Tracy R Reed wrote:
What are some examples of RAID/Enterprise SATA drives vs desktop
stuff?
Western Digital 750GB Caviar Desktop:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=311
Western Digital 750GB RE2 Enterprise:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=335
Difference is 3 year vs. 5 year warranty, and higher claimed MTBF.
It's my understanding the drives are identical internally, but the
firmware is tuned slightly differently.
Similar contrast would be the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Desktop) and
Barracuda ES Series (Server). In Seagate's case, the warranties are
both 5 years, so the difference is even less pronounced.
Cost wise, I usually only see $5 to $15 difference in price, and
always opt for the Enterprise-level drives if possible. I don't
believe it actually makes much difference, but suspect down the road
it will cause less headache as far as warranty replacements and/or
vendors of drive systems erroneously claiming that the "non-server"
drives I put in caused some sort of issue.
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