[Gllug] Current advice for HD purchase ...

[Alain Williams]

On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 11:59:53AM +0000, Dylan wrote:
> On Sunday 01 March 2009, Alain Williams wrote:

> > I would get 1 TB SATA disks and mirror them. Each such disk will set you
> > back by about #90 (inc VAT).
> 
> Total machine budget is £250 ... so would be adding 2 now and 2 later.

Picking my local supplier ...
160GB ExcelStor -- #30
250GB ExcelStor -- #33
320GB Hitachi   -- #41.60
500GB Hitachi   -- #50
750GB Hitachi   -- #54
1TB   Hitachi   -- #90

So: you definitely get more bytes/pound as you go up, the sweet point seems
to be 750GB.

Picked in that order because that is how they appear on the page:

	http://www.rlsupplies.co.uk/rlstore/Product_Catalogue_3_5__SATA_II_70.html

When getting disks to mirror -- buy 2 different manufacturers, less likely to have both
fail in the same fortnight.

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