[Nottingham] HDD price rises

[Dan Caseley]

Two of the drives in my file server are 5400RPM Samsung EcoGreens.
Absolutely perfect for low-demand storage.
They're quiet, and they slightly diminish my guilt over leaving a box on
24/7!

Dan


On 3 November 2011 14:24, Rory Holland <rory at linux.com> wrote:

> I don't think SATA3 is a thing. If you mean SATA 6Gbps, then yes, a
> SATA6Gbps device will plug into a SATA3GBPS port, and will just run at the
> lower speeds.
>
> As far as manufacturers go, Samsung Spinpoint drives have always hit the
> sweet spot of price, performance and reliability for me.
>
> If you need a hard-drive, buy one. If you don't need one, wait around,
> they're only going to get cheaper in the long-run. It's worth spending a
> bit more for a proper branded one (No eBuyer Extra Value for me) since you
> want it to last at least 5 years. When you consider this, the difference
> between £60 and £80 hardly seems relevant.
>
>
> On 3 November 2011 14:21, Jason Irwin <jasonirwin73 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Seems the warnings are going out about massive HDD price rises.  Bit of
>> a bugger as I'd been putting off buying drives until the house was
>> sorted, anyways...one can still get 2TB jobbies for < £100, which means
>> there is currently a small premium but not the doom-and-gloom being
>> reported.  So my questions are:
>>
>> 1) Is SATA III backwards compatible with SATA II?  I think it is, but
>> it'd be an expensive mistake to make (the HP Micorserver is SATA II) and
>> for some reason SATA III drives are way cheaper than SATA II (go
>> figure).  Wikipedia is silent on the subject of SATA III compatibility.
>>
>> 2) Seagate Barracuda Green (5400rpm) or WD Caviar Green
>> ('IntelliPower'rpm)?  I've never had much trouble with drives from
>> either company and WD replaced a failed USB drive without quibble.  WD
>> is £22 more and I intend to buy two HDDs.
>>
>> 3) Wait a few months for the hype/speculation to die down and buy
>> cheaply after Chrimbo?
>>
>> --
>> Jason Irwin
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Nottingham mailing list
>> Nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk
>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Nottingham mailing list
> Nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk
> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/nottingham/attachments/20111103/f15a6693/attachment.htm>