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rocklee
Joined: 04 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:30 pm Post subject: Whats a good reliable HD to buy? |
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Want to get a 300GB 3.5" hard disk to run from a media server.
What's a good reliable brand out there?
Also, I'm not familiar with all the technological terms they use to describe their performance/reliability. |
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jazblanc77
Joined: 22 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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Seagate all the way, all the time.
Any of THESE Seagate 7200.9 NCQ drives will do you just fine. That site is a good place to shop from as well if you can get a Korean friend to help you out (you can get prices similar to Yongsan there).
NOTE: it would be better to go with the SATA2 version of those drives rather than EIDE, unless, of course, your system doesn't support SATA2. |
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rocklee
Joined: 04 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:08 am Post subject: |
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Hey thanks.
My new server only supports IDE hard drives. Are SATA2 drives faster?
I'd rather reliability than performance for streaming media. |
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jazblanc77
Joined: 22 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:15 am Post subject: |
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| rocklee wrote: |
Hey thanks.
My new server only supports IDE hard drives. Are SATA2 drives faster?
I'd rather reliability than performance for streaming media. |
The short answer is, yes. The maximum bandwidth is higher for SATA2, so your potential to hit higher speeds is also better. |
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Missile Command Kid
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:53 am Post subject: |
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| jazblanc77 wrote: |
| rocklee wrote: |
Hey thanks.
My new server only supports IDE hard drives. Are SATA2 drives faster?
I'd rather reliability than performance for streaming media. |
The short answer is, yes. The maximum bandwidth is higher for SATA2, so your potential to hit higher speeds is also better. |
Actually, the short answer is not really. Not even SATA2 Raptors hit speeds of over 133 MB/s, which is the maximum bandwidth of IDE. Is it more convenient to use SATA cables over IDE? Sure. Are they faster? Eh, the difference is negligible. |
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