The big question is what will be stored there and how will it be accessed..<br><br>Is this for a home storage/home theater type server? If so, SATA will be fine.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Jim Kinney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com" target="_blank">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p>$(x4 1 TB sata) < $(x1 1TB sas)<br>
Both are 3Gbps but sas has faster rpm and higher heat tolerance.<br>
But sata is easier to replace before failure due to cost. Replace every 4 years with a 5 year warranty drive and send it to a desktop.</p><div><div></div><div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 23, 2011 2:50 PM, "Greg Clifton" <<a href="mailto:gccfof5@gmail.com" target="_blank">gccfof5@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> For a relatively small (2TB capacity) RAID 10 array comprised of 4x1TB hard<br>
> drives, is there any performance/reliability advantage in using SAS drives<br>> vs SATA drives?<br>> <br>> Thanks,<br>> GC<br></div>
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