<div>I remember having read that "enterprise" drives are built to run nonstop ( 24x7 ), whereas "consumer" disks are expected to be used briefly (2-3hrs?) and then powered down daily. </div>
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<div>So, the differences could be firmware, cooling & airflow, bearing types (fluid vs ball) etc. </div>
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<div>Regards</div>
<div>Anand</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Greg Lindahl <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lindahl@pbm.com">lindahl@pbm.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d">On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 09:29:09PM -0500, Gus Correa wrote:<br><br>> Any other suggestions of specific vendors<br>> that may have better prices of enterprise (or consumer)<br>> class drives, in bulk or not?<br>
<br></div>My suggestion was that you ask a system integrator who actually sells<br>a lot of enterprise drives.<br>
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