Hardware RAID - a few question before I......

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rmd3003

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OK, here is the deal. My new upcoming server will have Intel RS2BL080 (clone of LSI 9260-8i card). It supports 8 drives. I've heard about HITACHI's but old ones are 7200rpm drives and I need something not power hungry. New ones (5K3000) are of unknown reliability or compatibility. Nobody knows if they will be dropping from arrays in 3 months. What about Samsungs F4 (advanced format). Will they work? What about Seagates (LP)?

I'm leaning towards Samsungs (at $79) they seem to be a good deal.

What do you think?

Thank you.
 
i have had the 9260-8i card with 8x2TB samsung f4's for a couple weeks with no issues yet.so far it is working great in raid6.
just make sure to update the firmware on the samsungs before you start using them.
 
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