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1st test the drives with the WD LifeGuard Tools for any problems
then run them for a while and log the SMART attributes HDD Health (Freeware)
a SMART monitoring utility
all else being equal, you need to weight the potential money to be made for a given drive against its total capcity, and then heavily favor the one with the warranty
the SATA drives are going to have a very slight efficiency advantage (note thats efficiency not performance) but they will have a massive advantage in data integrity (all else being equal)
see
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=708822
then run them for a while and log the SMART attributes HDD Health (Freeware)
a SMART monitoring utility
all else being equal, you need to weight the potential money to be made for a given drive against its total capcity, and then heavily favor the one with the warranty
the SATA drives are going to have a very slight efficiency advantage (note thats efficiency not performance) but they will have a massive advantage in data integrity (all else being equal)
see
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=708822