Hard drives
Hello I was wondering what the life span of these 10,000 and 15,000 rpm hard drives are, compared to the 5400 and 7200 hard drives. Im looking for a bit of speed but want reliability. Any suggestions would be appreciated Thanks Thanks.
Hello
I was wondering what the life span of these 10,000 and 15,000 rpm hard drives are, compared to the 5400 and 7200 hard drives.
Im looking for a bit of speed but want reliability.Any suggestions would be appreciated
Thanks
Thanks
I was wondering what the life span of these 10,000 and 15,000 rpm hard drives are, compared to the 5400 and 7200 hard drives.
Im looking for a bit of speed but want reliability.Any suggestions would be appreciated
Thanks
Thanks
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Considering that u'll be running win2k, it'd be wrong to buy anything lower than 5400. this is due to the fact that unless u have 500MB of ram, u'll need a page file (although i think u'd need a page drive then too). With a slower hard-drive, ur system will slow down like hell! trust me i know!
IDE drives (5400 and 7200) have normally a 3 year warranty.
SCSI drives (10K and 15K) come with a 5 year warranty and are mainly targeted at servers.
This alone should point to a better reliability for those 10K and (only one) 15K drives and they're built for 24/7 usage.
I doubt I would still use the 4 year old IDE HDD that was in my old PC, 1.2GB, hahaha (I thought it was plenty 4 years ago). I had a few gig IDE Quantum Bigfoot die on me after less then 2 years.
My Cheetah 9LP (10K SCSI) is still running fine, and so is my 7200 IBM SCSI drive and my system runs 24/7 and I hope my new Cheetah X15 will last me for a many years.
SCSI delivers better speed and reliability but also cost a lot more.
IDE drives have comparable sustained transfer rates (but slower access times) and work just fine for most people. You'll also get a lot more storagespace for the same price.
SCSI drives (10K and 15K) come with a 5 year warranty and are mainly targeted at servers.
This alone should point to a better reliability for those 10K and (only one) 15K drives and they're built for 24/7 usage.
I doubt I would still use the 4 year old IDE HDD that was in my old PC, 1.2GB, hahaha (I thought it was plenty 4 years ago). I had a few gig IDE Quantum Bigfoot die on me after less then 2 years.
My Cheetah 9LP (10K SCSI) is still running fine, and so is my 7200 IBM SCSI drive and my system runs 24/7 and I hope my new Cheetah X15 will last me for a many years.
SCSI delivers better speed and reliability but also cost a lot more.
IDE drives have comparable sustained transfer rates (but slower access times) and work just fine for most people. You'll also get a lot more storagespace for the same price.
