WD RE 4TB with HP Smart Array P222

[Conneckter]

Hi Everyone,

 

today I orderd 4x WD RE 4TB (WD4000FYYZ) and a HP Smart Array P222 for my second Gen8 Microserver.

I´m courios to see how good this would work in the Gen8, specifically the HDD´s.

 

here can you open the product link:

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=580

 

I have allready a P222 and 4x WD RED 3TB in my first Gen8 and this has been working very well till now.

 

What are you thinking about the WD Datacenter product line?

[ikon]

I'm thinking, unless you're running very demanding apps, that combination should work very well. I do urge you to take the time to run those drives through a tester before putting them into production, something like HD Tune. I think Joe_Miner is one of our best resources on this, along with schoondoggy.

[schoondoggy]

Hi Everyone,

 

today I orderd 4x WD RE 4TB (WD4000FYYZ) and a HP Smart Array P222 for my second Gen8 Microserver.

I´m courios to see how good this would work in the Gen8, specifically the HDD´s.

 

here can you open the product link:

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=580

 

I have allready a P222 and 4x WD RED 3TB in my first Gen8 and this has been working very well till now.

 

What are you thinking about the WD Datacenter product line?

I have 4 4TB RE drives in my MS with a P222 RAID5. All good.

I have used a lot of RE drives and I dont think I have ever had one fail.

[schoondoggy]

Here is a nice reference:

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1397/~/difference-between-desktop-edition-%28wd-blue%2C-wd-green-and-wd-black%29-and-raid

[Conneckter]

That sounds great, but I'm thinking about a RAID10 for a better performance than RAID5 could deliever.

[schoondoggy]

Here is a good compare on RAID 5 versus RAID 10:

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/raid5-vs-raid10.html

 

with four drives, reads would be faster on RAID5, writes would be faster on RAID10.

Recovery from a bad drive is much better on RAID10

[Joe_Miner]

Excellent reference Schoondoggy!