it always pays to look at the spec sheet on disks before you buy;
in general, disks with active power dissipations of 10W or less
will not be a problem. over 10W, and you want to start thinking
about how much air flows over the disks.
> I'm thinking of using Quantum Bigfoot to keep temperature down in an SMP
> server I expect to run 7/24. Disk performance is not critical for my apps
not a good idea. BF's are hideously slow, do not have stellar reported
reliability, and don't actually save much power. the BF-TS spec sheet
quotes 6.5W "operating" (.4 seek, .4 rw, .2 idle). the comparable
dissipation from a Maxtor 4320 (MUCH faster, probably more reliable)
is 6.7W.
> and those Quantums (5.25", I think 5400 rpm)run cool & are cheap. Good
> transfer rates, but not as fast on seeks as 3.5" drives.
4000 rpm, actually. and very low transfer rates. note that the 4320 will
actually sustain 12-16 MB/s across the platter; newer drives from Maxtor
and WD are a little faster. all these drives cost around $US 15-18/GB.
regards, mark hahn.
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