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    Storage System for HTPC media

    There is definitely a difference between drive BER and system BER. Controller cards or CPUs without ECC RAM are both sources of additional errors. A big study by Google found that errors from non-ECC RAM alone are at least an order of magnitude higher than generally assumed (something like...
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    Storage System for HTPC media

    What do you mean by "quite high"? As I said, consumer drives are typically 10x worse. Drives like the Caviar Black or the Raptor are 10^15; consumer drives include the Baracuda XT and 7200.12, which are 10^14. And yes, the issue with "heroic error recovery" -- aka deep recovery cycle -- is...
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    Storage System for HTPC media

    That depends on your tolerance for data loss (as well as your budget). With a single 2TB drive, at any point in time you have 1.5% chance of not being able to read all of the data on a single drive. Since the BERs are the same, with a 1TB drive, the chance of an error drops by half to 0.8%...
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    Reclaiming SSD performance w/o TRIM

    Yes, block combining and algorithms to reduce write amplification are different than background GC. See: http://hothardware.com/News/OCZ-and-Indilinx-Collaborate-On-New-SSD-Garbage-Collection-Scheme/ http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=760...
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    Storage System for HTPC media

    For maximum reliability, I highly recommend RAID-6, 1TB maximum sized drives, and small span groups -- such as 2+2. Then you can combined as many span groups in RAID-60 as you need for the total data you need. It also helps reliability quite a bit to use SAS drives instead of SATA, but they're...
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    WD800HLFS or low end SSD?

    Go for an SSD. The 40GB Intel X25-V is $100 at Newegg.
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    Reclaiming SSD performance w/o TRIM

    No. GC is not the same as TRIM. Intel introduced TRIM for the G2. No Intel drives use GC yet. GC is available with current Indilinx and Samsung controllers.
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    Need to buy a HDD in 5 hrs. Video Stream/Cubase. EADS/EARS/FALS. Fastest Read?

    There are a number of physical differences between the Caviar Black and the RE3: http://techreport.com/articles.x/15588 Of course, whether those differences are important in your environment is a completely different question.
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    Reclaiming SSD performance w/o TRIM

    My understanding is that quick format issues TRIM on all unused space (when the drives are connected to the ICH). Not exactly the same as a true secure erase, but pretty close in terms of its effect on SSD performance.
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    Reclaiming SSD performance w/o TRIM

    If you don't want to hassle with HDDerase and a bootable CD, etc, a quick format from Windows will do most (but not all) of the same thing. In either case, the drive needs to be connected to the south bridge / ICH and the BIOS should be set to IDE mode, not ACHI or RAID. Be careful with...
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    Need to buy a HDD in 5 hrs. Video Stream/Cubase. EADS/EARS/FALS. Fastest Read?

    I use the WD RE3 drives -- they have decent performance and much better data reliability specs than the regular consumer drives. $119 for 1TB is a great price.
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    Looking for some definative answers on throughput and access time

    In most games, disk performance only matters at level changes, not during gameplay. SSDs are the fastest by far--they are probably the single best thing you can do to improve the overall performance of your system. You can get an 80GB Intel X25-M G2 for about $200 -- buy one now, and a bunch...
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    Bets SSD for small file reads(random)

    I like the Intels. You might check out the X25-V, particularly if size and write performance aren't critical. It holds 40GB.
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    Areca 1220 Volume stripe size

    With a large average file size and multiple readers, you will benefit from a larger stripe size. 8 drives in RAID 6 means you have 6 active drives. You might try a 64KB strip (384KB stripe) -- but the optimal number depends heavily on the details of your setup. Running a few benchmarks is...
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    4 SATA drive RAID confirguration

    Caviar Black drives don't work well in RAID. For best performance, you would put all 4 drives in RAID 0, and use narrow partitions. Bad idea, though. You also said you want some protection, which conflicts with best performance. I would put the Blue drives in a RAID 1 mirror for reliability...
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