"Andresen, Jason R." <jandr...@mitre.org> writes:
> Dag-Erling Smørgrav <d...@des.no> writes:
> > I see no reason why sector size should be a selection criterium.  Just
> > buy the disk that gives you the best performance and / or capacity for
> > your money.  WD Green disks are cheap, but other vendors offer models
> > with the same capacity and twice the speed for only 5% or 10% more.
> Heck, Western Digital themselves offer faster drives that are only a
> few dollars more.

Yes, the blue series IIRC.  I was looking at Caviar Black prices, which
are significantly higher.

> The Green drives are built for low noise/power/heat, not for speed.

Yup.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no
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