From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SS6mD-0001Vz-If for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 09 May 2012 13:17:57 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BA532E05B4; Wed, 9 May 2012 13:17:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com (mail-we0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A66BE05B1 for ; Wed, 9 May 2012 13:15:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werm13 with SMTP id m13so192938wer.40 for ; Wed, 09 May 2012 06:15:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; bh=fls1zrVodLn+lK2BMpmGuzF2O3wPOFLErjdzRh6IlHI=; b=Nb6k2QPAHqzzyTTtxJe4alRvmaJ5YOiBbBR9o17eyRf3oFTzBMZ9iGDpz5de1N1jmx Od1MUaWXQvqZMFqliQ181MKL6WWj21EVV/pRTQ2Dx0N7bn2+7I1xSi8r5OUweR94Cv3U OkMPyP4g1vkiZZ20ZdYx/Ux1ZoNBr8SBGO0LGTMA8yPRCKE30bhVZQRk/TuYLH1bRfPo MIppTebz5zwsRm65PzAzvcxFYeJ/2oNXeB8HY54p4uBEJ7z9lC3nhRRQSGGd+p9MASeR HB0/70PrWe19DwDsuX5ZryB3uV97O2BbHUBbzRjYyV1L6qCqRl39OrSdnp6qFjlT61Ms uifw== Received: by 10.180.95.37 with SMTP id dh5mr6933650wib.8.1336569331489; Wed, 09 May 2012 06:15:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from energy.localnet (p4FC60C1E.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [79.198.12.30]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m4sm4412042wix.0.2012.05.09.06.15.27 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 09 May 2012 06:15:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Volker Armin Hemmann To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: Dale Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Are those "green" drives any good? Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 15:15:26 +0200 Message-ID: <3327317.17W7Uz9V2E@energy> User-Agent: KMail/4.8.3 (Linux/3.0.30; KDE/4.8.3; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <4FAA2F0D.8080900@gmail.com> References: <4FAA2F0D.8080900@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Archives-Salt: 55cb849c-391f-4d72-bcdb-7254b1803362 X-Archives-Hash: be42dfb4688f678b311d05e087e6c72e Am Mittwoch, 9. Mai 2012, 03:47:09 schrieb Dale: > Hi, > > As some know, I'm planning to buy me a LARGE hard drive to put all my > videos on, eventually. The prices are coming down now. I keep seeing > these "green" drives that are made by just about every company nowadays. > When comparing them to a non "green" drive, do they hold up as good? > Are they as dependable as a plain drive? I guess they are more > efficient and I get that but do they break quicker, more often or no > difference? > > I have noticed that they tend to spin slower and are cheaper. That much > I have figured out. Other than that, I can't see any other difference. > Data speeds seem to be about the same. > > Please, no brand wars. I may get a WD, Maxtor, Samsung or some other > brand. I haven't picked that part yet. So far, I have had good luck > with drives. I think I have one doorstop so far. I have at least one > of each of the brands above too. Don't jinx me. I'm sure someone has a > horror story about some brand. > > Thanks much. > > Dale > > :-) :-) samsung here. Put that beast into an esata case. Sometimes I forget to turn it off, because it is so silent. And cool. The others should be similar. They are slower, yes, but fast enough to watch video. 7200 for stuff that needs some speed. 5400 for video and backups. just fine. -- #163933