On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <r...@karlsbakk.net>wrote:

> > Western Digital RE3 WD1002FBYS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal
> > Hard Drive -Bare Drive
> >
> > are only $129.
> >
> > vs. $89 for the 'regular' black drives.
> >
> > 45% higher price, but it is my understanding that the 'RAID Edition'
> > ones also are physically constructed for longer life, lower vibration
> > levels, etc.
>
> Well, here it's about 60% up and for 150 drives, that makes a wee
> difference...
>
> Vennlige hilsener / Best regards
>
> roy
> --
> Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
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>
>

If you're spending upwards of $30,000 on a storage system, you probably
shouldn't skimp on the most important component.  You might as well be
complaining that ECC ram costs more.

--Tim
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