On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 02:26:24PM -0800, Jeff Breidenbach wrote: > > > I'd prefer to buy fewer, higher-capacity drives (300+ GB). Any > > experience with the new 500's? > > I currently have 3 of the 500GB Hitachi's in a RAID-1 configuration > using linux software RAID. So far, so good. Hmm, but currently (at least in UK), 250GB is the sweet spot for cost/GB in SATA. So personally I'd prefer a 4+ disk RAID-10, more spindles will give better performance. Fewer, larger drives does make life (space, cooling) simpler I suppose.
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