March 30, 201016 yr I had heard of reliability problems with drives larger than 1tb, generally being Seagate...Some related to the firmware issues found in the 7200.11 series, some not. Without looking at vendors otherwise, is it more recommended to get a larger quantity of 1tb drives, as opposed to 1.5/2tb drives at this juncture?
March 30, 201016 yr Some related to the firmware issues found in the 7200.11 series, some not. I think the firmware issues have been ironed out. Without looking at vendors otherwise, is it more recommended to get a larger quantity of 1tb drives, as opposed to 1.5/2tb drives at this juncture? How many drives are going to be purchased at one time? I would suggest going with the price point at this time and spreading the purchase out over time. It's never good to buy too many drives at one time from one place. (unless there is a business reason).
March 30, 201016 yr Author Wasn't looking to get more than 3-4 to begin with. Might it be a good idea to get as large a drive as possible for the parity drive, (2tb in this case) and then plan out the remaining storage drives?
March 30, 201016 yr I've not seen any major reliability issues with 1.5 and 2tb HDDs. Anymore, if you can get 2TB drives for $130-140 I'd go with them just because of the extra storage density. I have 3 750GB drives, 5 1.5TB drives, and 3 2TB drives. They are a mix of 5400/5900rpm and 7200rpm drives. If I could change anything it would be replacing all of my 7200rpm storage drives with 5400/5900rpm drives.
March 30, 201016 yr In the UK the currrent price points are... I'm guessing replacing the £ sign for $ sign will be pretty close to US prices. 1TB £60 1.5TB £75 2TB £110 So with a 6 port M/B, I can have 5TB for £360 (no spare sata ports), 6TB for £375 (1 spare port) or 6TB for £440 (2 spare ports) or 4TB for £330 (3 spare slots). The cost sweet spot for drives is still with 1.5TB drives even allowing for buying more sata ports. However it is getting closer. If it was my money I'd buy 2TB drives and keep some free slots available, however if you have a supermicro server board with two pci-x buses and a bunch of PCIe slots, a norco 20 bay case and a bunch of supported sata/sas controllers then 1.5TB drives will work out just dandy.
March 30, 201016 yr The cost sweet spot for drives is still with 1.5TB drives even allowing for buying more sata ports. However it is getting closer. If it was my money I'd buy 2TB drives and keep some free slots available, however if you have a supermicro server board with two pci-x buses and a bunch of PCIe slots, a norco 20 bay case and a bunch of supported sata/sas controllers then 1.5TB drives will work out just dandy. What he said. At the very least 1 2tb drive for parity.
March 31, 201016 yr Author The current setup that I am looking to use: Biostar TA790GX A2+ AMD BE-2400 Dual Core CPU (2.5? Ghz) 2GB A-Data PC6400 Antec Earthwatt 500W PSU Rocketfish Aluminum ATX Case (This was a rebadged Lian Li full tower case that was getting clearanced at Best Buy aeons ago...Picked it up @ $49 before tax) Very similar to the Lian-Li PC-G75 case, but has a front door. Intel gigabit pci nic The board does have 6 sata ports on it, 2 pci-e 16x slots. I guess the only question would be, is whether the newer pci-e 4x cards that have been talked about on the boards would be compatible with either/both of those slots or not. It does have 2 pci-e 1x slots otherwise. I wouldn't be looking to make a 20+ drive monstrosity out of this, perhaps 6-8 drives maximum. (for now at least)
March 31, 201016 yr If it is anything like a Lian-Li PC-G75 you got a really good deal. Plenty of PCIe slots for future usage on the motherboard. Looks like you are good to go.
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