[LAU] Which SATA drive? Size? [Was: Re: partition table]

Arnold Krille arnold at arnoldarts.de
Thu Dec 23 11:21:30 UTC 2010


On Thursday 23 December 2010 03:59:04 Ivan K wrote:
> I was surprised to hear that so  many people write their audio
> files to a second drive.  I always thought that most audio
> people preferred as few drives as possible in a system to keep
> noise down.
> 
> On a somewhat related topic, is there a brand of SATA drive
> that people recommend as far as reliability, speed, and low noise?

I get good rates with 5400rpm disks while they still have low noise.

> Also, even though Terabyte drives are inexpensive these days,
> would a 500 GB drive be better as far as speed (reading/writing)
> than a 1 TB drive?  (I really would not need a full TB anyways).

Yes, and 640KB ought to be enough for everybody.

Stop fooling yourself. The difference in price between 500G and 1.5TB is less 
then the difference in size.
Once you have the disk-space, you will find some use for it...

Have fun and a merry Christmas,

Arnold
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