I'm running short on space and so am having to expand my RAID, I had my eye on these http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.aspx?sku=114450 as I've never had any problem with Seagate before but before I run off and spend my money, does anyone know of two 500GB HDDs that would be faster/quieter?
Question regarding RAID HDDs
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Rastalovich
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Putting aside my thoughts about having such a high storage space on a raid0 (I`m a raid coward atm).
I don`t know how much ur willing to spend or how well they may perform, but I noticed the other day that Seagate had 7200/32m/500GB SATA hard drives in stores this week. I`d love to have gotten hold of them to speed test. Fresh in @ $124, which I thought was pretty good.
I don`t know how much ur willing to spend or how well they may perform, but I noticed the other day that Seagate had 7200/32m/500GB SATA hard drives in stores this week. I`d love to have gotten hold of them to speed test. Fresh in @ $124, which I thought was pretty good.
Haha yeah hence my holding the data on many separate PCs just in case so if I lose my master RAID I can rebuild from the other PCs 
The trouble is I only have a restricted number of HDD spaces in my PC (despite using the Kandalf LCS) I've pretty much filled every spare space. I know I could use larger HDDs and use RAID10 or something but I just don't have the money to do that and it would mean finding something else to do with my other 600GB RAID
If anyone does have a viable solution I am willing to consider it but it needs to be relatively low budget and at least 1TB storage. If it is to replace my existing RAID it needs to be at least 2TB.
Do they sell to the UK or in the UK?
The trouble is I only have a restricted number of HDD spaces in my PC (despite using the Kandalf LCS) I've pretty much filled every spare space. I know I could use larger HDDs and use RAID10 or something but I just don't have the money to do that and it would mean finding something else to do with my other 600GB RAID
If anyone does have a viable solution I am willing to consider it but it needs to be relatively low budget and at least 1TB storage. If it is to replace my existing RAID it needs to be at least 2TB.Do they sell to the UK or in the UK?
Rastalovich
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Think a UK shop may have them in for ~70/80 pound or something, check the usual suspects.
That`s a performance thing tho (32mb), if it`s pure long term storage, speed may not be an issue. So cheap as cheap can be.
As for sound/noise, in alot of cases (not pc cases if u catch my drift), it`s due to vibration more than the drives making noises. Head seeking clicks and so forth are naturale, dampners `n` stuff about screw fixings can be good.
Personally I find fans louder.
That`s a performance thing tho (32mb), if it`s pure long term storage, speed may not be an issue. So cheap as cheap can be.
As for sound/noise, in alot of cases (not pc cases if u catch my drift), it`s due to vibration more than the drives making noises. Head seeking clicks and so forth are naturale, dampners `n` stuff about screw fixings can be good.
Personally I find fans louder.
i have all my drives from them and they're awesome 
