[mythtv-users] Dec 2008 - State of the Art - Hard Drive Recommendations?

[John Drescher]

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 12:32 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh at mimosa.com> wrote:
> | From: John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com>
>
> | Buy only 7200 rpm drives. Or if you want the 5400/7200 dual speed wd drives
>
> I don't think that there are any dual (or variable) speed WD drives.
>
> If you are refering to WD GP drives, the current models are 5400RPM
> but the specs try to disguise this.  Testing reveals all.
>
> http://www.storagereview.com/1000.sr?page=0%2C1
>
> Even so, these drives might well be a good choice for Myth: it isn't
> obvious to me whether the speed difference matters to Myth; Myth
> boxes are often on all the time so power consumption might matter
> more.
>
Thanks for the correction. I was not sure how it would do that and now
from the article I see this is a bit of deception however the idle
power draw is pretty impressive. I know that my Seagate drives add 8
to 10W of power during idle at the wall (using a kill A watt).

John