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In response to "that is what I keep thinking, but I just wonder if the upgrade in price is worth it really for a media server. -- nm" by tRuMaN

a friend mentions that Lower RPM generally means less heat and greater longevity. My two Greens have had decent, but not stellar, longevity.

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) May 31 '11, 12:53

so a non-Green 5400 might work out for you, unless you plan for replacing the drives in about 3 years. :)

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i have two Blues now. I get some stuttering at times when streaming video - tRuMaN May 31, 12:55 11
- I will say that I have a WD Black as my primary drive in my Windows machine and I love it. My media drives are whatever Seagate - oblique May 31, 12:57
- I can't remember what I put in my Mac Pro. I think it's a black, I was going for a green though. -- nm - lileve May 31, 12:57
- I wouldn't use Windows as a server for the most part, but if I did, I would run the OS on an SSD and only store the served data on HDs. -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:56 8
  - its basically a modified version of server 03 - tRuMaN May 31, 13:00 6
    - I wasn't trying to knock the choice, I was just trying to suggest another angle of attack for possible lag/weirdness issues :) -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 13:03 5
      - oh i know what is causing the lag. and really it streams fine - tRuMaN May 31, 13:05 1
        
        There's probably a performance-tracking service you could run on it to see how well it handles the load. -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 13:06
      - SSD but who wants to pay those prices. -- nm - lileve May 31, 13:04 2
        
        Since it would only be used for the OS code, it doesn't have to be a big one -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 13:04 1
        
        How big are OS's these days? I have no clue. -- nm - lileve May 31, 13:05
  - Oddly, my WD Black was as highly rated as an SSD when it came to speed/performance but not nearly as expensive -- nm - oblique May 31, 12:58

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a friend mentions that Lower RPM generally means less heat and greater longevity. My two Greens have had decent, but not stellar, longevity.

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