non-stop disk activity
Joel Jaeggli
joelja at darkwing.uoregon.edu
Fri May 14 16:29:28 UTC 2004
installing 2.5" drive in a normal desktop is easy.
you need a bracket/adapter like this:
http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HD-108&cat=HDD
and you're pretty much done:
for a biggish drive (60GB) toshiba 4200rpm drives are pretty good and
cheap around $130.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-149-009&depa=1
but 20 and 40gb drives can be had < $100
On Fri, 14 May 2004, Per Bothner wrote:
> Joel Jaeggli wrote:
>
> > I'd probably target using a lower power-disk or flash card rather than
> > spinning the drive down... once the disk is spun down, latency on your
> > next operation is huge...
>
> Yes, I should probably do this anyway. (One option I've considered is
> using a laptop as the server, as these are engineered for low-power
> usage - except for the power-brick ... That is a more expensive
> solution, and a little less expandable.)
>
> This is off-topis for this list - but any recommendations for efficient
> disk drives? What would be involved in installing a 2.5" laptop drive
> in a desktop system?
>
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