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- Sep 22, 2004
Hey... Welcome Back!
I don't personally have any experience with those two drives so can't speak for the differences...
I do understand however, that the Blacks should be kept away from Matrix arrays... iirc, I think it's to do with TLER.
Given the reliability you're used to and the length of time you are keeping the drives... why not go to Raid Edition drives? I think the W/D ones have 64Mb cache and also have the two read heads like the Blacks, just designed for the purpose.
Just my 2c
Hope it helps.
Well, both the Greens are 5400rpm... I need (am already used to) 7200rpm drives. So both of those are out.
So what's this TLER... based on the specs on the Egg the Blacks DO NOT have TLER and the Raid Edition drives DO have TLER. It looks like an enhancement that you'd want on a RAID array. Is that what you're saying? It looks like you're saying TLER is a bad thing and if that's the case then the Raid Edition drives shouldn't be used with Matrix either.
My biggest problem with the RE class drives is they're 2x as expensive. Four drives would set me back more than $1000. While I could get the Blacks for less than $600 w/a spare (I currently have a brand new spare for my 6400AAKS setup).
More to think about... I have to also consider right now may not be the right time to upgrade. Please clarify regarding the TLER issue you spoke of... sources for this information?
Thanks for the 2c fritz!