JMD 0 Posted January 7, 2001 Hello I was wondering what the life span of these 10,000 and 15,000 rpm hard drives are, compared to the 5400 and 7200 hard drives. Im looking for a bit of speed but want reliability.Any suggestions would be appreciated Thanks Thanks Share this post Link to post
HawkBoy 0 Posted January 8, 2001 Considering that u'll be running win2k, it'd be wrong to buy anything lower than 5400. this is due to the fact that unless u have 500MB of ram, u'll need a page file (although i think u'd need a page drive then too). With a slower hard-drive, ur system will slow down like hell! trust me i know! Share this post Link to post
DocSilly 0 Posted January 8, 2001 IDE drives (5400 and 7200) have normally a 3 year warranty. SCSI drives (10K and 15K) come with a 5 year warranty and are mainly targeted at servers. This alone should point to a better reliability for those 10K and (only one) 15K drives and they're built for 24/7 usage. I doubt I would still use the 4 year old IDE HDD that was in my old PC, 1.2GB, hahaha (I thought it was plenty 4 years ago). I had a few gig IDE Quantum Bigfoot die on me after less then 2 years. My Cheetah 9LP (10K SCSI) is still running fine, and so is my 7200 IBM SCSI drive and my system runs 24/7 and I hope my new Cheetah X15 will last me for a many years. SCSI delivers better speed and reliability but also cost a lot more. IDE drives have comparable sustained transfer rates (but slower access times) and work just fine for most people. You'll also get a lot more storagespace for the same price. Share this post Link to post
