[Info-vax] The Future of Server Hardware?

[Paul Sture]

In article <6c948f053d7537650c9ca3d530007732 at remailer.paranoici.org>,
 Anonymous <nobody at remailer.paranoici.org> wrote:

> 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.

Good point about the green stuff. At some point last year my local 
suppliers started differentiating in the drives they offer, introducing 
more expensive drives which are advertised as 24x7, suitable for 
servers, and carry a 5 year guarantee.  The prices are correspondingly 
more expensive too, at up to twice the amount of 'normal' drives.

-- 
Paul Sture