using green drives on 24/7 web server?

[theinv]

Is it a good idea to use green drives in a 24/7 web server? The green drives will be setup in RAID5 and only use for file serving. The main OS will be running on SSD.

 

[ahmhardforumahm]

Answer might depend on whether you are google.com or just putting up your own home page....

 

[tonyb]

Why not boot the main OS from the hard drive, and use the SSD for your website. Depending on your workload, that might make better sense.

 

[theinv]

Answer might depend on whether you are google.com or just putting up your own home page....

ok. it's personal web page, but it will grow fast... maybe I will just use whatever I have now, upgrade as needed.

 

[theinv]

Why not boot the main OS from the hard drive, and use the SSD for your website. Depending on your workload, that might make better sense.

since it is a file server, SSD is not large enough to store all files.