[mythtv-users] Fast Quiet Sata drive?

[belcampo]

On 03/16/2011 09:55 PM, jedi wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 07:51:59PM +0000, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
>>> Also, I have to think that a 2.5" hard drive designed for rough
>>> service in a laptop will outlast a 3.5" when the 2.5" isn't actually
>>> seeing rough service in a laptop.
>>
>> There are a number of new(er) 2.5" drives designed for the
>> "enterprise" market which are designed for 24/7 constant
>> operation.  "Laptop" drives are not.  Their target is (mostly)
>> off or sleep mode.
>>
>> I suspect "laptop" qualified drives have gotten better, but
>> a number of years ago, a large router vendor used laptop
>> 2.5" drives in their products due to form factor/capacity/
>> performance, and found that the drives all died after a few
>> years because laptop drives really were not designed for
>
>      A "few years" isn't so bad really. Set up thing with that
> in mind. Drives will wear out eventually anyways. Just account
> for that in your design. You can even get hot swap bays for 2.5
> drives. That might be something to consider. Probably would make
> the resulting system uglier though.
>
>      Drive on a myth backend are going to get hammered regardless
> and any type of drive you put on it is bound to see a lot more
> action that it would on any other sort of consumer PC.
If you use xfs and set allocsize=512M or even 1024M, your disk will be 
almost unfragmented to start with, and have less seeking as a result.
>
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