On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Aaron Mason <simplersolut...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I would avoid "green" drives like the plague. Check out the SMART >> status on them and look at the drive park statistic among others. >> Look at how high the number is, versus what the life time recommended >> number... > > I would too if it were an enterprise setup. This is but a home setup > built on a limited budget.
Non-green drives are at the same price of green ones. Maybe not by the same manufacturer, but I'm partial to Hitachis. Cheap and fast and good (so they got bought out by WDC, and it'll be crappy soon). -- http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30v_g83VHK4
