[Info-vax] The Future of Server Hardware?

[Anonymous]

Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> wrote:

> In article <k4joep$hv9$1 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>,
>  Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
> 
> > 3600 rpm? I didn't even know you could find that anymore. I thought the 
> > standard for any cheap home PC was 7200 RPM. For people who really care 
> > about performance, and have money, 15.000 RPM is common, and I think you 
> > can also find 18.000 RPM. However, I guess that market is now going for 
> > SSD instead.

The most common SCSI server drives are 10K. 15K SAS drives cost quite a bit
more.

> 
> A quick look at a local supplier which is popular for its prices shows 
> both 7200 rpm and Intellipower (5400-7200 rpm) disks on their "Best 
> Seller" list.
> 
> 5400 rpm disks are still available, especially at the budget end, and I 
> expect these are what you get in a "cheap home PC".

Yes, and not only budget PCs, but anything green, and many laptops run the
5400 RPM clunkers as well.