> > Hi Andrew, > > I think you are going to need to duck with such a statement: > ive got a bit mouth and I don't always think before I speak. Bad combination. FYI I was reading the data sheet of the ES.2 drives (and data sheets from the other manufacturers) and they all say about 27-29 dB is the seek noise...not too shabby. What is the decibel rating of the ES drives? This with reliability...doesn't it depend on how you look at it? I mean, 2 drives does increase the chances of one of them failing, but the data is mirrored...doesn't that mean that *recovery* of drive failure is increased, even if *reliability* is decreased? --andrew > > >> Any reason you are using RAID 0 for your server? Normally when I > >> think of a server reliability comes to mind and RAID 0 doesn't > >> offer any. > >> I'm assumming you make nightly or weekly backups? > > > Im using RAID 0 because I am not willing to shell out for several > > drives. 2 at once is my breaking point. This is only a *home* > > server, and in my opinion, I think im already being way more > > conscious of reliability by choosing RAID 0 compared to average Joe > > that goes for a Windows Home Server with a single hard drive > > RAID 0 is actually less reliable than a single drive. Since you lose > the array when any of the component drives dies, then the > "reliability" is equal to the "reliability" of the least reliable > drive divided by the number of drives you have.....! > > I've been watching this thread with interest as I'm about to replace a > 4 disc RAID10 SCSI array for a home server with similar SATA drives. > I'm probably going to go with the Seagate Barracuda ES 1TB drives > (ST31000340NS ). Bit expensive for a home server, and they do not have > a reputation as being quiet, but they should last me a good while....! > > Cheers > Chris > > http://scotgate.org AIM#fergycool Skype#fergycool > "cease to exist, giving my goodbye, drive my car into the ocean, you > think > I'm dead, but i sail away, on a wave of mutilation!" -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
