OT; Green is not always good.
 

I'm putting together a new server and was about to order four 2-terabyte
Western Digital "Green" enterprise hard drives for it.

I've never really thought about why these drives are called "green,"
other than they are supposed to use less power than "non-green" drives.
Obviously, they do this by shutting the drive down when it isn't being
accessed.

Apparently, though, when you use "green" drives in a server, you end up
with a dramatically high Load/UnLoad Cycle Count, and this can lead to
premature ejac-, er, drive failure.

There is a way to turn off the "green" on the WD drives, by adjusting
the drive's idle timer to lower the Load/Unload cycle rate, but it is a
pain in the ass, involving preparing a DOS boot disk, installing the
drive in a computer, and running a program. Not difficult, but I don't
have a "Windoze" computer anymore that can boot up into DOS. :)

I'm guessing the "green" drives of other vendors will behave similarly.

Sheesh, I never learned any of this stuff in my college English classes.
Even an O.F. like me is not too old to learn.

OT; Green is not always good.
 

On 28/04/2011 6:53 AM, Harryk wrote:
I'm putting together a new server and was about to order four 2-terabyte
Western Digital "Green" enterprise hard drives for it.

I've never really thought about why these drives are called "green,"
other than they are supposed to use less power than "non-green" drives.
Obviously, they do this by shutting the drive down when it isn't being
accessed.

Apparently, though, when you use "green" drives in a server, you end up
with a dramatically high Load/UnLoad Cycle Count, and this can lead to
premature ejac-, er, drive failure.

There is a way to turn off the "green" on the WD drives, by adjusting
the drive's idle timer to lower the Load/Unload cycle rate, but it is a
pain in the ass, involving preparing a DOS boot disk, installing the
drive in a computer, and running a program. Not difficult, but I don't
have a "Windoze" computer anymore that can boot up into DOS. :)

I'm guessing the "green" drives of other vendors will behave similarly.

Sheesh, I never learned any of this stuff in my college English classes.
Even an O.F. like me is not too old to learn.

Failure of drives is exclusive to the (lack of) quality of the drives.
How much power they use is not a factor. If anything, lower power, less
heat and slower access times for less vibration should actually be better.

I would use Seagate drives. And forget DOS/MS products. Use Linux.
Ubuntu or Fedora. No way to turn off green, they run slower, consume
less juice by design.

Use HW RAID on the boot disks if the mobo supports it.
--
I can assure you that the road to prosperity is not paved with
fleabagger debt.

OT; Green is not always good.
 

Canuck57 wrote:
On 28/04/2011 6:53 AM, Harryk wrote:
I'm putting together a new server and was about to order four 2-terabyte
Western Digital "Green" enterprise hard drives for it.

I've never really thought about why these drives are called "green,"
other than they are supposed to use less power than "non-green" drives.
Obviously, they do this by shutting the drive down when it isn't being
accessed.

Apparently, though, when you use "green" drives in a server, you end up
with a dramatically high Load/UnLoad Cycle Count, and this can lead to
premature ejac-, er, drive failure.

There is a way to turn off the "green" on the WD drives, by adjusting
the drive's idle timer to lower the Load/Unload cycle rate, but it is a
pain in the ass, involving preparing a DOS boot disk, installing the
drive in a computer, and running a program. Not difficult, but I don't
have a "Windoze" computer anymore that can boot up into DOS. :)

I'm guessing the "green" drives of other vendors will behave similarly.

Sheesh, I never learned any of this stuff in my college English classes.
Even an O.F. like me is not too old to learn.

Failure of drives is exclusive to the (lack of) quality of the drives.
How much power they use is not a factor. If anything, lower power, less
heat and slower access times for less vibration should actually be better.

I would use Seagate drives. And forget DOS/MS products. Use Linux.
Ubuntu or Fedora. No way to turn off green, they run slower, consume
less juice by design.

Use HW RAID on the boot disks if the mobo supports it.


According to Western Digital, the manufacturer of the drive,
dramatically high LOAD/UNLOAD cycles lead to premature disk failure.

Your argument is with WD, not with me. I suspect they know more about
their drives than you do.

OT; Green is not always good.
 

On 4/28/11 8:53 AM, Harryk wrote:
I'm putting together a new server and was about to order four 2-terabyte
Western Digital "Green" enterprise hard drives for it.

I've never really thought about why these drives are called "green,"
other than they are supposed to use less power than "non-green" drives.
Obviously, they do this by shutting the drive down when it isn't being
accessed.

Apparently, though, when you use "green" drives in a server, you end up
with a dramatically high Load/UnLoad Cycle Count, and this can lead to
premature ejac-, er, drive failure.

There is a way to turn off the "green" on the WD drives, by adjusting
the drive's idle timer to lower the Load/Unload cycle rate, but it is a
pain in the ass, involving preparing a DOS boot disk, installing the
drive in a computer, and running a program. Not difficult, but I don't
have a "Windoze" computer anymore that can boot up into DOS. :)

I'm guessing the "green" drives of other vendors will behave similarly.

Sheesh, I never learned any of this stuff in my college English classes.
Even an O.F. like me is not too old to learn.


For someone who says he doesn't want to share info in rec.boats, you
sure seem to share every aspect of your life, except your "New"
Imaginary boat, just like you didn't share info on your old Imaginary
Lobster Boat. Now the boats you actually did own, you took photos of
everything, including a photo or your hour meter to show everyone how
much you used it in the first month.

OT; Green is not always good.
 

Canuck57 wrote:
On 28/04/2011 6:53 AM, Harryk wrote:
I'm putting together a new server and was about to order four 2-terabyte
Western Digital "Green" enterprise hard drives for it.

I've never really thought about why these drives are called "green,"
other than they are supposed to use less power than "non-green" drives.
Obviously, they do this by shutting the drive down when it isn't being
accessed.

Apparently, though, when you use "green" drives in a server, you end up
with a dramatically high Load/UnLoad Cycle Count, and this can lead to
premature ejac-, er, drive failure.

There is a way to turn off the "green" on the WD drives, by adjusting
the drive's idle timer to lower the Load/Unload cycle rate, but it is a
pain in the ass, involving preparing a DOS boot disk, installing the
drive in a computer, and running a program. Not difficult, but I don't
have a "Windoze" computer anymore that can boot up into DOS. :)

I'm guessing the "green" drives of other vendors will behave similarly.

Sheesh, I never learned any of this stuff in my college English classes.
Even an O.F. like me is not too old to learn.

Failure of drives is exclusive to the (lack of) quality of the drives.
How much power they use is not a factor. If anything, lower power, less
heat and slower access times for less vibration should actually be better.

I would use Seagate drives. And forget DOS/MS products. Use Linux.
Ubuntu or Fedora. No way to turn off green, they run slower, consume
less juice by design.

Use HW RAID on the boot disks if the mobo supports it.


Oh, just for your edification, I just ordered four Seagate Constellation
ES 2 TB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 64 MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drives,
Model # ST32000644NS.

The new server runs under LINUX, I believe. The company selling them has
a nice interface for it. As for RAID, I'm still deciding what flavor to
use. The vendor has something called Synology Hybrid RAID, about which I
have just started to read. Crikey, it is dull stuff.

OT; Green is not always good.
 

In article , payer3389
@mypacks.net says...

Canuck57 wrote:
On 28/04/2011 6:53 AM, Harryk wrote:
I'm putting together a new server and was about to order four 2-terabyte
Western Digital "Green" enterprise hard drives for it.

I've never really thought about why these drives are called "green,"
other than they are supposed to use less power than "non-green" drives.
Obviously, they do this by shutting the drive down when it isn't being
accessed.

Apparently, though, when you use "green" drives in a server, you end up
with a dramatically high Load/UnLoad Cycle Count, and this can lead to
premature ejac-, er, drive failure.

There is a way to turn off the "green" on the WD drives, by adjusting
the drive's idle timer to lower the Load/Unload cycle rate, but it is a
pain in the ass, involving preparing a DOS boot disk, installing the
drive in a computer, and running a program. Not difficult, but I don't
have a "Windoze" computer anymore that can boot up into DOS. :)

I'm guessing the "green" drives of other vendors will behave similarly.

Sheesh, I never learned any of this stuff in my college English classes.
Even an O.F. like me is not too old to learn.

Failure of drives is exclusive to the (lack of) quality of the drives.
How much power they use is not a factor. If anything, lower power, less
heat and slower access times for less vibration should actually be better.

I would use Seagate drives. And forget DOS/MS products. Use Linux.
Ubuntu or Fedora. No way to turn off green, they run slower, consume
less juice by design.

Use HW RAID on the boot disks if the mobo supports it.


According to Western Digital, the manufacturer of the drive,
dramatically high LOAD/UNLOAD cycles lead to premature disk failure.

Your argument is with WD, not with me. I suspect they know more about
their drives than you do.

Harry's either too stupid or too idiotically boorish to take good
advice...

OT; Green is not always good.
 

In article , payer3389
@mypacks.net says...

Canuck57 wrote:
On 28/04/2011 6:53 AM, Harryk wrote:
I'm putting together a new server and was about to order four 2-terabyte
Western Digital "Green" enterprise hard drives for it.

I've never really thought about why these drives are called "green,"
other than they are supposed to use less power than "non-green" drives.
Obviously, they do this by shutting the drive down when it isn't being
accessed.

Apparently, though, when you use "green" drives in a server, you end up
with a dramatically high Load/UnLoad Cycle Count, and this can lead to
premature ejac-, er, drive failure.

There is a way to turn off the "green" on the WD drives, by adjusting
the drive's idle timer to lower the Load/Unload cycle rate, but it is a
pain in the ass, involving preparing a DOS boot disk, installing the
drive in a computer, and running a program. Not difficult, but I don't
have a "Windoze" computer anymore that can boot up into DOS. :)

I'm guessing the "green" drives of other vendors will behave similarly.

Sheesh, I never learned any of this stuff in my college English classes.
Even an O.F. like me is not too old to learn.

Failure of drives is exclusive to the (lack of) quality of the drives.
How much power they use is not a factor. If anything, lower power, less
heat and slower access times for less vibration should actually be better.

I would use Seagate drives. And forget DOS/MS products. Use Linux.
Ubuntu or Fedora. No way to turn off green, they run slower, consume
less juice by design.

Use HW RAID on the boot disks if the mobo supports it.


Oh, just for your edification, I just ordered four Seagate Constellation
ES 2 TB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 64 MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drives,
Model # ST32000644NS.

The new server runs under LINUX, I believe. The company selling them has
a nice interface for it. As for RAID, I'm still deciding what flavor to
use. The vendor has something called Synology Hybrid RAID, about which I
have just started to read. Crikey, it is dull stuff.

You believe??? You bought it and don't know? What a moron!

OT; Green is not always good.
 

On 28/04/2011 11:43 AM, Harryk wrote:
Canuck57 wrote:
On 28/04/2011 6:53 AM, Harryk wrote:
I'm putting together a new server and was about to order four 2-terabyte
Western Digital "Green" enterprise hard drives for it.

I've never really thought about why these drives are called "green,"
other than they are supposed to use less power than "non-green" drives.
Obviously, they do this by shutting the drive down when it isn't being
accessed.

Apparently, though, when you use "green" drives in a server, you end up
with a dramatically high Load/UnLoad Cycle Count, and this can lead to
premature ejac-, er, drive failure.

There is a way to turn off the "green" on the WD drives, by adjusting
the drive's idle timer to lower the Load/Unload cycle rate, but it is a
pain in the ass, involving preparing a DOS boot disk, installing the
drive in a computer, and running a program. Not difficult, but I don't
have a "Windoze" computer anymore that can boot up into DOS. :)

I'm guessing the "green" drives of other vendors will behave similarly.

Sheesh, I never learned any of this stuff in my college English classes.
Even an O.F. like me is not too old to learn.

Failure of drives is exclusive to the (lack of) quality of the drives.
How much power they use is not a factor. If anything, lower power, less
heat and slower access times for less vibration should actually be
better.

I would use Seagate drives. And forget DOS/MS products. Use Linux.
Ubuntu or Fedora. No way to turn off green, they run slower, consume
less juice by design.

Use HW RAID on the boot disks if the mobo supports it.


According to Western Digital, the manufacturer of the drive,
dramatically high LOAD/UNLOAD cycles lead to premature disk failure.

Your argument is with WD, not with me. I suspect they know more about
their drives than you do.

True. But if setting up as a server, disable the damned green crap and
spin the drives 7x24. Use green drives, just don't idle the things.
That is, get the lower rotation speeds to save power, but keep them
spinning. I do this on all my 7x24 systems even the desktops.

Spinning up/down drives on servers is stupid as writing to cold drives
can also be an issue.

And if you are using Linux which has first rate caching, the slower RPMs
will not be much of a issue for performance. Memory makes up for RPM
performance losses. Linux, unlike MS stuff can quickly use most of the
systems RAM for caching in a blink. MS-Windows caching is a dog.

Think I am kidding, do a network copy in or out of a big video file.
Once using MS_Windows and once using Linux. Linux is usually 3.5 to 6
times faster.
--
I can assure you that the road to prosperity is not paved with
fleabagger debt.

OT; Green is not always good.
 

On 28/04/2011 12:19 PM, Harryk wrote:
Canuck57 wrote:
On 28/04/2011 6:53 AM, Harryk wrote:
I'm putting together a new server and was about to order four 2-terabyte
Western Digital "Green" enterprise hard drives for it.

I've never really thought about why these drives are called "green,"
other than they are supposed to use less power than "non-green" drives.
Obviously, they do this by shutting the drive down when it isn't being
accessed.

Apparently, though, when you use "green" drives in a server, you end up
with a dramatically high Load/UnLoad Cycle Count, and this can lead to
premature ejac-, er, drive failure.

There is a way to turn off the "green" on the WD drives, by adjusting
the drive's idle timer to lower the Load/Unload cycle rate, but it is a
pain in the ass, involving preparing a DOS boot disk, installing the
drive in a computer, and running a program. Not difficult, but I don't
have a "Windoze" computer anymore that can boot up into DOS. :)

I'm guessing the "green" drives of other vendors will behave similarly.

Sheesh, I never learned any of this stuff in my college English classes.
Even an O.F. like me is not too old to learn.

Failure of drives is exclusive to the (lack of) quality of the drives.
How much power they use is not a factor. If anything, lower power, less
heat and slower access times for less vibration should actually be
better.

I would use Seagate drives. And forget DOS/MS products. Use Linux.
Ubuntu or Fedora. No way to turn off green, they run slower, consume
less juice by design.

Use HW RAID on the boot disks if the mobo supports it.


Oh, just for your edification, I just ordered four Seagate Constellation
ES 2 TB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 64 MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drives,
Model # ST32000644NS.

The new server runs under LINUX, I believe. The company selling them has
a nice interface for it. As for RAID, I'm still deciding what flavor to
use. The vendor has something called Synology Hybrid RAID, about which I
have just started to read. Crikey, it is dull stuff.

Agreed it is dull. I don't putz with the stuff much any more favoring
COTS. Used to. Built my first x86 computer, a 4.7Mhz 8088 from chips...
But the first one I made was an 8080 based.

Isn't like the old days where you would thumb in the boot strap code,
which loaded the paper tape, which got the floppy to get to the hard
drive of a whopping 2.5MB of storage. (Pre-1980 mini, PDP type junk)

Always said with a snark at the time, that I would retire when
processors were 4GHz, 4GB Hard drive, 4GB of RAM.... A quad-core @
2.53GHz qualifies and ended up working longer. Stuff is faster and
cheaper than ever before except for Microsoft garbage-ware.

--
I can assure you that the road to prosperity is not paved with
fleabagger debt.

OT; Green is not always good.
 

In article ,
says...

In article , payer3389
@mypacks.net says...

Canuck57 wrote:
On 28/04/2011 6:53 AM, Harryk wrote:
I'm putting together a new server and was about to order four 2-terabyte
Western Digital "Green" enterprise hard drives for it.

I've never really thought about why these drives are called "green,"
other than they are supposed to use less power than "non-green" drives.
Obviously, they do this by shutting the drive down when it isn't being
accessed.

Apparently, though, when you use "green" drives in a server, you end up
with a dramatically high Load/UnLoad Cycle Count, and this can lead to
premature ejac-, er, drive failure.

There is a way to turn off the "green" on the WD drives, by adjusting
the drive's idle timer to lower the Load/Unload cycle rate, but it is a
pain in the ass, involving preparing a DOS boot disk, installing the
drive in a computer, and running a program. Not difficult, but I don't
have a "Windoze" computer anymore that can boot up into DOS. :)

I'm guessing the "green" drives of other vendors will behave similarly.

Sheesh, I never learned any of this stuff in my college English classes.
Even an O.F. like me is not too old to learn.

Failure of drives is exclusive to the (lack of) quality of the drives.
How much power they use is not a factor. If anything, lower power, less
heat and slower access times for less vibration should actually be better.

I would use Seagate drives. And forget DOS/MS products. Use Linux.
Ubuntu or Fedora. No way to turn off green, they run slower, consume
less juice by design.

Use HW RAID on the boot disks if the mobo supports it.


Oh, just for your edification, I just ordered four Seagate Constellation
ES 2 TB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 64 MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drives,
Model # ST32000644NS.

The new server runs under LINUX, I believe. The company selling them has
a nice interface for it. As for RAID, I'm still deciding what flavor to
use. The vendor has something called Synology Hybrid RAID, about which I
have just started to read. Crikey, it is dull stuff.

You believe??? You bought it and don't know? What a moron!

Harry is building this in his mind as he goes along and google feeds him
his imaginary configuration. It's like the 6 year old in the lunch room
making up new stories every day... snerk

--
Team Rowdy Mouse, Banned from the Mall for life!

OT; Green is not always good.
 

I_am_Tosk wrote:
In ,
says...
In articlesrKdnQox1YQ3MiTQnZ2dnUVZ_hCdnZ2d@earthlink .com, payer3389
@mypacks.net says...
Canuck57 wrote:
On 28/04/2011 6:53 AM, Harryk wrote:
I'm putting together a new server and was about to order four 2-terabyte
Western Digital "Green" enterprise hard drives for it.

I've never really thought about why these drives are called "green,"
other than they are supposed to use less power than "non-green" drives.
Obviously, they do this by shutting the drive down when it isn't being
accessed.

Apparently, though, when you use "green" drives in a server, you end up
with a dramatically high Load/UnLoad Cycle Count, and this can lead to
premature ejac-, er, drive failure.

There is a way to turn off the "green" on the WD drives, by adjusting
the drive's idle timer to lower the Load/Unload cycle rate, but it is a
pain in the ass, involving preparing a DOS boot disk, installing the
drive in a computer, and running a program. Not difficult, but I don't
have a "Windoze" computer anymore that can boot up into DOS. :)

I'm guessing the "green" drives of other vendors will behave similarly.

Sheesh, I never learned any of this stuff in my college English classes.
Even an O.F. like me is not too old to learn.
Failure of drives is exclusive to the (lack of) quality of the drives.
How much power they use is not a factor. If anything, lower power, less
heat and slower access times for less vibration should actually be better.

I would use Seagate drives. And forget DOS/MS products. Use Linux.
Ubuntu or Fedora. No way to turn off green, they run slower, consume
less juice by design.

Use HW RAID on the boot disks if the mobo supports it.

Oh, just for your edification, I just ordered four Seagate Constellation
ES 2 TB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 64 MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drives,
Model # ST32000644NS.

The new server runs under LINUX, I believe. The company selling them has
a nice interface for it. As for RAID, I'm still deciding what flavor to
use. The vendor has something called Synology Hybrid RAID, about which I
have just started to read. Crikey, it is dull stuff.
You believe??? You bought it and don't know? What a moron!

Harry is building this in his mind as he goes along and google feeds him
his imaginary configuration. It's like the 6 year old in the lunch room
making up new stories every day...snerk


The new server and drives will arrive next week. When I get it and start
populating the drive rack, I'll print up a little "Eat Me, Ingersoll"
card, take a photo, and post it for you.

I see Loogy is butting in again, questioning why I don't know what OS
the server uses.

As I stated, the server comes with a very nice interface, one that
apparently precludes the necessity of typing in commands in the OS,
which *is* Linux. My Macs have an OS based upon Unix, and I can't recall
ever having to go into terminal mode to get something done. The same is
pretty much true with Windows.

So, what difference does it make what the OS is, so long as it is stable
and the interface works properly? Linux, Unix, OS 10.6, Windows, Windows
Server...it really isn't important to me.

For the 1.2 persons out there who give a **** what the interface looks
like...it loads a bit slow, but it is interesting:

http://www.synology.com/us/products/demo/index.php


It's very Windows-like:

http://tinyurl.com/6ebu3es

OT; Green is not always good.
 

On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:09:11 -0400, Harryk
sent the following message
I_am_Tosk wrote:
In ,
says...
In articlesrKdnQox1YQ3MiTQnZ2dnUVZ_hCdnZ2d@earthlink .com,
payer3389
@mypacks.net says...
Canuck57 wrote:
On 28/04/2011 6:53 AM, Harryk wrote:
I'm putting together a new server and was about to order four
2-terabyte
Western Digital "Green" enterprise hard drives for it.

I've never really thought about why these drives are called
"green,"
other than they are supposed to use less power than
"non-green" drives.
Obviously, they do this by shutting the drive down when it
isn't being
accessed.

Apparently, though, when you use "green" drives in a server,
you end up
with a dramatically high Load/UnLoad Cycle Count, and this
can lead to
premature ejac-, er, drive failure.

There is a way to turn off the "green" on the WD drives, by
adjusting
the drive's idle timer to lower the Load/Unload cycle rate,
but it is a
pain in the ass, involving preparing a DOS boot disk,
installing the
drive in a computer, and running a program. Not difficult,
but I don't
have a "Windoze" computer anymore that can boot up into DOS.
:)

I'm guessing the "green" drives of other vendors will behave
similarly.

Sheesh, I never learned any of this stuff in my college
English classes.
Even an O.F. like me is not too old to learn.
Failure of drives is exclusive to the (lack of) quality of the
drives.
How much power they use is not a factor. If anything, lower
power, less
heat and slower access times for less vibration should
actually be better.

I would use Seagate drives. And forget DOS/MS products. Use
Linux.
Ubuntu or Fedora. No way to turn off green, they run slower,
consume
less juice by design.

Use HW RAID on the boot disks if the mobo supports it.

Oh, just for your edification, I just ordered four Seagate
Constellation
ES 2 TB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 64 MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard
Drives,
Model # ST32000644NS.

The new server runs under LINUX, I believe. The company selling
them has
a nice interface for it. As for RAID, I'm still deciding what
flavor to
use. The vendor has something called Synology Hybrid RAID,
about which I
have just started to read. Crikey, it is dull stuff.
You believe??? You bought it and don't know? What a moron!

Harry is building this in his mind as he goes along and google
feeds him
his imaginary configuration. It's like the 6 year old in the
lunch room
making up new stories every day...snerk



The new server and drives will arrive next week. When I get it and
start
populating the drive rack, I'll print up a little "Eat Me,
Ingersoll"
card, take a photo, and post it for you.


I see Loogy is butting in again, questioning why I don't know what
OS
the server uses.


As I stated, the server comes with a very nice interface, one that
apparently precludes the necessity of typing in commands in the OS,
which *is* Linux. My Macs have an OS based upon Unix, and I can't
recall
ever having to go into terminal mode to get something done. The
same is
pretty much true with Windows.


So, what difference does it make what the OS is, so long as it is
stable
and the interface works properly? Linux, Unix, OS 10.6, Windows,
Windows
Server...it really isn't important to me.


For the 1.2 persons out there who give a **** what the interface
looks
like...it loads a bit slow, but it is interesting:


http://www.synology.com/us/products/demo/index.php




It's very Windows-like:


http://tinyurl.com/6ebu3es

The nuts and bolts of the life of harry krause. How uninteresting. Do
you have anything INTERESTING to share about boating.

OT; Green is not always good.
 

OT; Green is not always good.
 

In article , payer3389
@mypacks.net says...

Canuck57 wrote:
On 28/04/2011 6:53 AM, Harryk wrote:
I'm putting together a new server and was about to order four 2-terabyte
Western Digital "Green" enterprise hard drives for it.

I've never really thought about why these drives are called "green,"
other than they are supposed to use less power than "non-green" drives.
Obviously, they do this by shutting the drive down when it isn't being
accessed.

Apparently, though, when you use "green" drives in a server, you end up
with a dramatically high Load/UnLoad Cycle Count, and this can lead to
premature ejac-, er, drive failure.

There is a way to turn off the "green" on the WD drives, by adjusting
the drive's idle timer to lower the Load/Unload cycle rate, but it is a
pain in the ass, involving preparing a DOS boot disk, installing the
drive in a computer, and running a program. Not difficult, but I don't
have a "Windoze" computer anymore that can boot up into DOS. :)

I'm guessing the "green" drives of other vendors will behave similarly.

Sheesh, I never learned any of this stuff in my college English classes.
Even an O.F. like me is not too old to learn.

Failure of drives is exclusive to the (lack of) quality of the drives.
How much power they use is not a factor. If anything, lower power, less
heat and slower access times for less vibration should actually be better.

I would use Seagate drives. And forget DOS/MS products. Use Linux.
Ubuntu or Fedora. No way to turn off green, they run slower, consume
less juice by design.

Use HW RAID on the boot disks if the mobo supports it.


Oh, just for your edification, I just ordered four Seagate Constellation
ES 2 TB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 64 MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drives,
Model # ST32000644NS.

The new server runs under LINUX, I believe. The company selling them has
a nice interface for it. As for RAID, I'm still deciding what flavor to
use. The vendor has something called Synology Hybrid RAID, about which I
have just started to read. Crikey, it is dull stuff.

RAID 5 or RAID 10. Or just buy storage on the Internet. If your purpose
is backup and recovery then having it at home is not what you want. You
can't access it when you go somewhere else.

OT; Green is not always good.
 

BAR wrote:
In articlesrKdnQox1YQ3MiTQnZ2dnUVZ_hCdnZ2d@earthlink .com, payer3389
@mypacks.net says...
Canuck57 wrote:
On 28/04/2011 6:53 AM, Harryk wrote:
I'm putting together a new server and was about to order four 2-terabyte
Western Digital "Green" enterprise hard drives for it.

I've never really thought about why these drives are called "green,"
other than they are supposed to use less power than "non-green" drives.
Obviously, they do this by shutting the drive down when it isn't being
accessed.

Apparently, though, when you use "green" drives in a server, you end up
with a dramatically high Load/UnLoad Cycle Count, and this can lead to
premature ejac-, er, drive failure.

There is a way to turn off the "green" on the WD drives, by adjusting
the drive's idle timer to lower the Load/Unload cycle rate, but it is a
pain in the ass, involving preparing a DOS boot disk, installing the
drive in a computer, and running a program. Not difficult, but I don't
have a "Windoze" computer anymore that can boot up into DOS. :)

I'm guessing the "green" drives of other vendors will behave similarly.

Sheesh, I never learned any of this stuff in my college English classes.
Even an O.F. like me is not too old to learn.
Failure of drives is exclusive to the (lack of) quality of the drives.
How much power they use is not a factor. If anything, lower power, less
heat and slower access times for less vibration should actually be better.

I would use Seagate drives. And forget DOS/MS products. Use Linux.
Ubuntu or Fedora. No way to turn off green, they run slower, consume
less juice by design.

Use HW RAID on the boot disks if the mobo supports it.

Oh, just for your edification, I just ordered four Seagate Constellation
ES 2 TB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 64 MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drives,
Model # ST32000644NS.

The new server runs under LINUX, I believe. The company selling them has
a nice interface for it. As for RAID, I'm still deciding what flavor to
use. The vendor has something called Synology Hybrid RAID, about which I
have just started to read. Crikey, it is dull stuff.

RAID 5 or RAID 10. Or just buy storage on the Internet. If your purpose
is backup and recovery then having it at home is not what you want. You
can't access it when you go somewhere else.


Every single work, photo, music, & movie file on the server will be
accessible to me from "somewhere else."

OT; Green is not always good.
 

Harryk wrote:
BAR wrote:
In articlesrKdnQox1YQ3MiTQnZ2dnUVZ_hCdnZ2d@earthlink .com, payer3389
@mypacks.net says...
Canuck57 wrote:
On 28/04/2011 6:53 AM, Harryk wrote:
I'm putting together a new server and was about to order four
2-terabyte
Western Digital "Green" enterprise hard drives for it.

I've never really thought about why these drives are called "green,"
other than they are supposed to use less power than "non-green"
drives.
Obviously, they do this by shutting the drive down when it isn't
being
accessed.

Apparently, though, when you use "green" drives in a server, you
end up
with a dramatically high Load/UnLoad Cycle Count, and this can
lead to
premature ejac-, er, drive failure.

There is a way to turn off the "green" on the WD drives, by adjusting
the drive's idle timer to lower the Load/Unload cycle rate, but it
is a
pain in the ass, involving preparing a DOS boot disk, installing the
drive in a computer, and running a program. Not difficult, but I
don't
have a "Windoze" computer anymore that can boot up into DOS. :)

I'm guessing the "green" drives of other vendors will behave
similarly.

Sheesh, I never learned any of this stuff in my college English
classes.
Even an O.F. like me is not too old to learn.
Failure of drives is exclusive to the (lack of) quality of the drives.
How much power they use is not a factor. If anything, lower power,
less
heat and slower access times for less vibration should actually be
better.

I would use Seagate drives. And forget DOS/MS products. Use Linux.
Ubuntu or Fedora. No way to turn off green, they run slower, consume
less juice by design.

Use HW RAID on the boot disks if the mobo supports it.

Oh, just for your edification, I just ordered four Seagate
Constellation
ES 2 TB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 64 MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drives,
Model # ST32000644NS.

The new server runs under LINUX, I believe. The company selling them
has
a nice interface for it. As for RAID, I'm still deciding what flavor to
use. The vendor has something called Synology Hybrid RAID, about
which I
have just started to read. Crikey, it is dull stuff.

RAID 5 or RAID 10. Or just buy storage on the Internet. If your purpose
is backup and recovery then having it at home is not what you want. You
can't access it when you go somewhere else.


Every single work, photo, music, & movie file on the server will be
accessible to me from "somewhere else."

Not if your house burns to the ground.