Seeing how dice has landed on Raid6, and I will be doing it with 8 drives... the next logical issue is what drives...?
They definitely must be low power.
The obvious choice is: WD2002FYPS 2tb 6.8W 3.7W WD RE4-GP, 5400rpm, 64mb, 5yr warranty.
That however is $300 a piece, and while i love my current 1TB RE2 green drives, those came at way smaller premium than that...(currently $80 on my market)
Other choices are:
1. WD20EADS 2tb 6.0 3.7 WD Green, 5400rpm, 32mb, 3yr
2. ST32000542AS 2tb 6.8 5.5 Barracuda LP, 5900rpm, 32mb, 3yr
The main thing here IMO is not which one of the last two is more reliable than the other, BUT weather the work in RAID5 on this LSi...?
I know they are "weaker" built and that they miss ERC and TLER functionality and that is a real problem, and WD disabled their tler utility to work recently...
What are your experiences with those? Anyone got them in RAID5/6?
If yes, what are your setups and tweaks?
They definitely must be low power.
The obvious choice is: WD2002FYPS 2tb 6.8W 3.7W WD RE4-GP, 5400rpm, 64mb, 5yr warranty.
That however is $300 a piece, and while i love my current 1TB RE2 green drives, those came at way smaller premium than that...(currently $80 on my market)
Other choices are:
1. WD20EADS 2tb 6.0 3.7 WD Green, 5400rpm, 32mb, 3yr
2. ST32000542AS 2tb 6.8 5.5 Barracuda LP, 5900rpm, 32mb, 3yr
The main thing here IMO is not which one of the last two is more reliable than the other, BUT weather the work in RAID5 on this LSi...?
I know they are "weaker" built and that they miss ERC and TLER functionality and that is a real problem, and WD disabled their tler utility to work recently...
What are your experiences with those? Anyone got them in RAID5/6?
If yes, what are your setups and tweaks?