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 <gentoo-user+bounces-138111-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1SS5BB-0001HG-RK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 09 May 2012 11:35:37 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2544DE0853; Wed, 9 May 2012 11:34:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx01.admin-box.com (mx01.admin-box.com [78.47.249.108]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 300E4E07DF for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 9 May 2012 11:32:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx01.admin-box.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BF6414008E for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 9 May 2012 13:33:37 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mx01.admin-box.com Received: from mx01.admin-box.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx01.admin-box.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id zUxZG0oZWdsm for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 9 May 2012 13:33:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [130.149.147.168] (unknown [130.149.147.168]) (Authenticated sender: daniel@troeder.de) by mx01.admin-box.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 81E8214008D for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 9 May 2012 13:33:34 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4FAA55B8.9090803@admin-box.com> Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 13:32:08 +0200 From: Daniel Troeder <daniel@admin-box.com> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120502 Thunderbird/12.0.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Are those "green" drives any good? References: <4FAA2F0D.8080900@gmail.com> <20120509112543.6021e1f8@khamul.example.com> <4FAA3E79.5010007@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4FAA3E79.5010007@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5pre OpenPGP: id=BB9D4887; url=http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de/pks/lookup?search=0xBB9D4887&op=get Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 0fe17013-bf8e-4f96-bd82-5e5c672568a4 X-Archives-Hash: e8f01e39e42c468b807a22acd0daa28b I'm using big WD Caviar Green (WDxxEAxx) SATA HDDs for some years now in my home 24/7 server, and haven't had any issues - they run cool and low-noise, and the performance is good. Low power and heat was what was important for me when choosing. HDD performance isn't an issue anyway, when storing media files over a home network :)