Anybody use SATA enterprise drives?

[Yatti420]

Just wondering for longer term reliability for future build.. I know there are AV drives for cam / I guess apps needing lots of writes quickly..


http://www.canadacomputers.com/sear...ords=&manu=0&search=1&ccid=1086&cPath=15_1086

 

[gpsguy]

Although most surveillance drives are rated for 24x7 usage and are very quiet, I wouldn't use them for general storage. They are optimized for video; ie. surveillance, pvr, etc.

WD Red's show up on your link - a number of forum user's, use them. In the past, I've used the Seagate Constellation (for other applications) and been quite happy with them. Generally, the enterprise class drives come with a 5-year warranty, versus a year or two, on a consumer drive.

I know there are AV drives for cam

 

[Yatti420]

Im not talking the consumer grade reds or seagate consumer NAS drives.. Unfortunately those reds/greens and seagate "NAS" are all low RPM drives now.. I mean the actual enterprise SATA ones.. WD RE or SE looks promising.. Haven't checked out Seagate's drives yet.. http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=580 - Wouldn't want the AV drives either they are probably write optimized..

 

[Yatti420]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6986/...s-wd-se-for-datacenters-and-highend-nas-units good review here.. You would buy these for reliability or a big massive fast raid and hope to not have to replace any in 5+ years.. My 80GB blacks could last 5-6 years.. These should easily.. I already max out pretty much performance wise on the hardware I have so.. Not quite sure how to push performance any further without substantial investments in 10 gig gear..

Edit: Spelling

 

[gpsguy]

my bad ... i had Red's on the brain, when I read RE.

Yes, I know what your talking about and would recommend them in a heartbeat. Most of the enterprise class disks I've used have been Seagates - either the Constellation series or the 15k Cheetah's. The WD's are fine too.

Im not talking the consumer grade reds or seagate consumer NAS drives.. .

 

[Yatti420]

No worries.. I started with WD because they are usually easier to identify etc.. 170MB/s I can live with that.. If only gigabit could serve it.. I'd probably choose SE series should be cheaper then RE.. Same throughput less power.. As for Seagate I haven't looked yet.. I want SATA though.. Wouldn't know where to start with SAS gear..

 

[maiitax]

What case are you planning on using and or cooling. Those are all 7200 rpm they are going to run hot. I was looking at the SE drives as well. I was going to pick some up soon for my rebuild.

 

[Yatti420]

I have a mid-tower case at the moment with server grade fans.. I haven't committed to buying anything yet.. Just trying to get an idea of what next steps will be..