October 5, 201015 yr Newegg has the 1.5tb hard drive on sale with code EMCZYYS36 limit 5 and ends 10/11/2010. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136513 So my question is, are the EARS much of a problem? Or do you just need to put the jumper on them? Some of what I have read has made me shy away from this drive.
October 5, 201015 yr Let the math guide you: 1500 GB / $69.99 = 21.43 GB/$ 2000 GB / $99.99 = 20.00 GB/$ Hence, this one is slightly more bang for your buck. Of course, that doesn't take into account the cost per drive slot (meaning that if you have a smaller server, larger drives are worth more to you).
October 5, 201015 yr Of course, that doesn't take into account the cost per drive slot (meaning that if you have a smaller server, larger drives are worth more to you).Exactly. That's why I've decided that I'm only going to add 2TB drives from now on. It's way more economical for me to pay a few extra dollars and get the bigger drive than to have to add an expansion card or build a second server.
October 5, 201015 yr Of course, that doesn't take into account the cost per drive slot (meaning that if you have a smaller server, larger drives are worth more to you).Exactly. That's why I've decided that I'm only going to add 2TB drives from now on. It's way more economical for me to pay a few extra dollars and get the bigger drive than to have to add an expansion card or build a second server. That may be true for you, it varies from person to person. For instance, I'm currently running a 20 bay server with only 11 bays filled. That means that the next time I need a new drive (which won't be for a while, I currently have over 3 TB of free space) I can pretty much buy any size I want just based on the bang-for-your-buck factor. However, I also have a 6 drive prototype server. If that were my main server, I would definitely take the same approach as you do - 6 bays is too small to mess around with small drives. There's also the power consumption to consider. Two 1 TB drives use up twice as much power as a single 2 TB drive (even if they are green). In fact, two green 1 TB drives will use more power than a single 7200 rpm 2 TB drive. So there's plenty of factors to consider when buying a new drive, even before we start talking about all the 4k nonsense.
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