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 1SS5Ty-0004y7-LE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 09 May 2012 11:55:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 177EFE06FE; Wed, 9 May 2012 11:54:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-f181.google.com (mail-ob0-f181.google.com [209.85.214.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D560E07B3 for ; Wed, 9 May 2012 11:51:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obbuo19 with SMTP id uo19so261986obb.40 for ; Wed, 09 May 2012 04:51:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=HclhAlxb4h90nqE2c5TyLJ8/FKp86JWD0g2GWaOj2Gk=; b=PdUNnK+1qY7CKP1F8f/pZ++B7yJO0iL0pfj6YLqki92WupenX1uhkOhnT9jrnlUOTT UVPdUKq+SNP8Uo3XO/zY7J+nd/yXtnvjbPuMLyT0/Ck6t2UFiKvWlLp5Ew9RRgEdDpyu fUBCM+5kRybczps0l2JkcMi7/sr6wveEnlM1zxJ571lE+3kLFdifc+kvMojmBNGAJImG vJoNdT0b5vxOGQDnBAXxtvpHGxkbpC2TI1Jeqk9DK9v/9Fbwmn4iWIHM8zKvlknfJXjJ IsWT1Hjx3clH3wWP6FbdsSa+Dl1TZZcDLEhfDWfKOutDDWwXvLnbr5wHjVOpfeFsxiam FU6Q== Received: by 10.60.172.195 with SMTP id be3mr8549399oec.48.1336564306747; Wed, 09 May 2012 04:51:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-66-173.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.66.173]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ka4sm2458678obb.14.2012.05.09.04.51.44 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 09 May 2012 04:51:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4FAA5A4F.8010303@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 06:51:43 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120508 Firefox/12.0 SeaMonkey/2.9.1 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 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> <4FAA55B8.9090803@admin-box.com> In-Reply-To: <4FAA55B8.9090803@admin-box.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b04fe6df-6c30-4f54-bcd4-ef2813a484cd X-Archives-Hash: 093f78a94dc832c15465bb1897e26551 Daniel Troeder wrote: > 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 :) > > Sounds like these drives are going to be OK then. My concern was that they would be made "cheaper" and not be as reliable but it seems folks are happy with them which is good. I like WD drives. The one drive I have had fail was a WD. I have a few of them so maybe it is just a bad apple or is it a lemon? Anyway. I'm getting quite a collection of videos and stuff. I'm thinking 2Tb or 3Tb. The 3Tb is more expensive but it will take longer to fill it up. Decisions. Decisions. Maybe newegg will have a BIG sale soon. While on the thread. Has anyone had any sort of luck with the recertified drives? I see them sometimes and wonder what the deal is. Are they repaired drives or just returned drives? Anyone have any experience, good or bad, with those? Thanks for the replies. Sounds good so far. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"