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I own one WD Green (1TB) HDD and couldn't be happier...of course that could all change<BR>
in a "ms" couldn't it? : ) It has resolved a heat and noise issue I have with one of our <BR>
recording studio systems (drives too loud) and heading issues in a passive cooling Zalman<BR>
case (TN 500AF) that we use. Silence is golden for the recording work we do and it fills<BR>
that role very well. <BR>
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I am considering getting another for my desktop (FC12) running kernel (v2.6.32.26-175)<BR>
and Gnome (v2.28.2)<BR>
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Question for Greg...<BR>
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I do not have <TT><FONT COLOR="#323232">storage-fixup.conf</FONT></TT> in FC12....neither do I see it available in package<BR>
manager. Where is a safe source to get it? <BR>
<BR>
Merry Christmas all and to all a good "byte".....Rich in Lilburn<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
<B>From</B>: Greg Freemyer <<A HREF="mailto:Greg%20Freemyer%20%3cgreg.freemyer@gmail.com%3e">greg.freemyer@gmail.com</A>><BR>
<B>Reply-to</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale@ale.org><BR>
<B>To</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<A HREF="mailto:Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20%3cale@ale.org%3e">ale@ale.org</A>><BR>
<B>Subject</B>: Re: [ale] Which large capacity drives are you having the best luck with?<BR>
<B>Date</B>: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:12:03 -0500<BR>
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Avoid wd green drives. They suck in my opinion.
Also get the latest storage-fixup package. See the
/etc/storage-fixup.conf and make sure that what you buy are not in
there. Ie. That file is basically a list of makes/models that
malfunction, but linux can force them to work by disabling their power
saving features.
Also, the current mdraid best practice is NOT to use a set of drives
all from one batch.
Ie the more variety the better. Different makes,models, manu. Is best.
I suspect you'd also be smart to pay attention to the physical sector
size and get all the same.
Greg
On 12/21/10, Matty <<A HREF="mailto:matty91@gmail.com">matty91@gmail.com</A>> wrote:
> I want to play around with openfiler and freenas over Xmas, and I've
> been reading tons of 1.5TB and 2TB disk drive reviews tonight. From
> what I've gathered so far, the reliability of large capacity drives
> sucks and you need to factor this in when picking your RAID levels
> (I'm going with RAID6). Amazon currently has 1.5TB drives for $60:
>
> <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002ZCXJZE?ie=UTF8&tag=tp6708-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002ZCXJZE">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002ZCXJZE?ie=UTF8&tag=tp6708-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002ZCXJZE</A>"
>
> So I'm thinking about picking up a few of these for my project. Anyone
> have any thoughts on these drives or any of the other 1.5TB - 2TB
> drive manufacturers? Trying to find something that performs reasonably
> well and is relatively reliable.
>
> Thanks for any feedback,
> - Ryan
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