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RAID 5 w/ 3 ultra-silent and low power consumption HDD...
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:32 am
by JD82
Hello, I come here to ask for advice:
On my PC I already have a RAID 0 of SSD where I keep the operating system, now I want to create a RAID 5 with ultra-quiet SATA disk to be used for data storage.
I'm looking for HDD with the following characteristics, listed in order of importance:
- Quietness
- Low power consumption
- Performance
The budget is 50-60 € per disk.
The size of a single disk is a 750-2000GB.
For the moment my choice is the Samsung Spinpoint EcoGreen F4 2 TB (HD204UI).
Again, the performance does not interest me, I just want to be ultra-quiet (also because there are 3 discs switched on simultaneously).
Re: RAID 5 w/ 3 ultra-silent and low power consumption HDD..
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 12:00 pm
by MikeC
The WD Green 2TB is quieter, marginally at idle, more so in seek -- and we've only examined the 4-platter models. There are 3-platter variants out now, apparently, tho how one can ID them is unclear.
Re: RAID 5 w/ 3 ultra-silent and low power consumption HDD..
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 12:37 pm
by JD82
Thanks for the reply
.
I am informing about the WD, but I can not tell if the model "EA
DS" is silent as much as the model "EA
RS" (which is cheaper).
I'm also a bit frightened by the rumors about he head park/unpark issue.
You know nothing about it?
Re: RAID 5 w/ 3 ultra-silent and low power consumption HDD..
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 1:31 pm
by MikeC
JD82 wrote:'m also a bit frightened by the rumors about he head park/unpark issue.... You know nothing about it?
How could I not?
You can worry if you like, but imo, it's the equivalent of bogeyman stories for kids. There are hundreds of posts here on the topic.
BUT not
one has offered a shred of evidence that high head park count causes failures. We have never had a WD green fail on us, either in the lab or personally -- that's out of maybe 15 samples altogether over a 2-4 year period.
Re: RAID 5 w/ 3 ultra-silent and low power consumption HDD..
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 1:36 pm
by MikeC
JD82 wrote:I am informing about the WD, but I can not tell if the model "EADS" is silent as much as the model "EARS" (which is cheaper).
Download this for code info --
http://www.wdc.com/en/library/2579-001028.pdf
There is no difference in noise. Same parts.
Re: RAID 5 w/ 3 ultra-silent and low power consumption HDD..
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 1:49 pm
by JD82
Thank you very much, now I'm much more calmer
I would like to get one last question:
Using a RAID5 would be better to have the largest number of HDD possible, so as to reduce the "waste" of space due to the parity, but
I would like to keep noise as low as possible, with this in mind,
it is best to use 4 x WD15EARS or 3 x WD20EARS? There would be a considerable increase in noise using 4 HDD?
Sorry for the many questions
Re: RAID 5 w/ 3 ultra-silent and low power consumption HDD..
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:13 pm
by MikeC
JD82 wrote:Thank you very much, now I'm much more calmer
I would like to get one last question:
Using a RAID5 would be better to have the largest number of HDD possible, so as to reduce the "waste" of space due to the parity, but
I would like to keep noise as low as possible, with this in mind,
it is best to use 4 x WD15EARS or 3 x WD20EARS? There would be a considerable increase in noise using 4 HDD?
Sorry for the many questions
Almost no increase at all, maybe 1 dBA tops at 1m distance. See section, Effect of the Number of HDDs, in our SFF Home Server article -
http://www.silentpcreview.com/Silent_Ho ... st_Results
Re: RAID 5 w/ 3 ultra-silent and low power consumption HDD..
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:23 pm
by JD82
Very interesting, thanks again