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vaio
05-02-10, 18:19
Greetings. :)

Does spin speed matter for server storage purposes?
Some of these sub 7200 rpm drives are really cheap and wondering if they would put much of a performance hit on a server?

My initial 1tb drive is filling rather quickly.
theelusiveyoda
06-02-10, 13:34
5400rpm drives like the samsung f2 are great for servers as they are cooler,quiter, draw less power and can keep up with most 7200rpm drives.
I have 12 1tb f2's in my home server and several more in differient bits and they easily beat seagate barracuda's and wd caviliars in performance and reliability.
DoubleTop
06-02-10, 13:35
+1 ^^

DT.
osx
05-04-10, 15:59
You won't see a difference. In fact I would suggest getting 2.5" drives if you run your NAS/server 24/7.
Tolmandary
19-04-10, 14:53
You won't see a difference. In fact I would suggest getting 2.5" drives if you run your NAS/server 24/7.

Problem with using 2.5" drives is the cost per GB is higher and as the OP mentioned they're interested in the 5400rpm drives due to cost savings. The 2.5" drives are certainly a better option for running costs given the lower power consumption, just depends where you want the savings, short term or long term.
RDRUNR
20-04-10, 09:24
I ran a server room as a Chief Systems Manager and power draw, reliability and heat were always concerns.

Man that server room could get toasty on busy days.
Tolmandary
20-04-10, 12:09
You should've seen the panic in our IT department when the aircon failed in our server room yesterday afternoon. They certainly made sure we'd all know about it though, few of us thought it was fire alarms, just from one room at first!
RDRUNR
21-04-10, 11:27
You should've seen the panic in our IT department when the aircon failed in our server room yesterday afternoon. They certainly made sure we'd all know about it though, few of us thought it was fire alarms, just from one room at first!

LOL!! Ya, a fire isn't what you want in a server room at all... :eek: Although it could clean out any outdated servers nicely... :ninja:
Hax
21-04-10, 18:35
LOL!! Ya, a fire isn't what you want in a server room at all... :eek: Although it could clean out any outdated servers nicely... :ninja:
Either that or you could be wet or unconscious... If the gas went off, your ears will know about it. They kind of start bleeding!

Re spin speed, normally no, you will not notice a difference unless you have 100's/1000's of clients connecting. Disk seeking costs time..

You will notice a slow down if you are using the disks to store logs and you start evaluating them...

So, really it is down to what you are storing, how many clients will access it and how often.