Hi, I've been shopping around for new hardware to build a new desktop computer for myself. This would be both a MythTV frontend/backend, as well as for general purpose computing (which for me means mostly internet browsing and email, but occasionally I use LibreOffice, view PDF's and similar non-exciting things).
I realized that with the hardware I have picked out so far I have the opportunity to have a fairly low power, as in it will not use a lot of electricity, computer. And I like that idea very much. I thought picking a hard drive would be mostly a no-brainer. I had a particular manufacturer and model line in mind. I have one of these already and it works without problem. But, the reviews show a _lotS of complaints recently of either DOA's or failures after only a few months. Even though I know reviews are not perfect, I do rely heavily on them for product comparison. I did notice though that the model line of hard drives listed as for use in NAS's had a much better user review rating, and also had similar power usage ratings as the energy savings models. But I can't figure out if there are any reasons not to use one of these drives in desktop system. So far, about the only potential issue I can see is something called "(...) Error Recovery Control". If I have this correct, if a desktop drive is having problems reading something it just keeps trying for a long time (I haven't found any reference as to how long, but it's longer than a NAS drive). This would cause a NAS to think the drive was broken and ignore it. A NAS drive on the other hand will try for a shorter period of time and (if it still fails) report the problem to the NAS so the NAS OS can take steps in correcting it. Which leads to my questions. If the NAS drive is installed in a desktop computer running Debian Linux what is the result of this? Will this command just be ignored? Will the shorter time the drive spends trying to perform whatever operation it's having a problem with cause a problem if the OS does not have a way of dealing with this? How else will will this affect my system? In my online searches I have seen many results dealing with using desktop drives in NAS's, but nothing (so far) that addresses the issue the other way around. So any light you can shed on this will be gratefully appreciated. Thanks, Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CANcvmg3qOX8T=+MuCqa8VoEUW=+dbuhqjo_w0pvtxqxgsdu...@mail.gmail.com