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		mirimir on May 31, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Increasing head-parking interval from default on W... What's the point of doing all of this in order to use desktop HDDs in servers? Why not just use WD RE4s?

steveh73 on May 31, 2015 [–]

They are cheaper, obviously

mirimir on June 1, 2015 | [–]

Not really.

1 TB RE3: 48 USD[0]

1 TB RE4: 53 USD[1]

1 TB Green: 52 USD[2]

That's the cool thing about the RE line.

[0] http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Cache-Enterprise-Drive...

[1] http://www.amazon.com/RE4-Enterprise-Hard-Drive-WD1003FBYX/d...

[2] http://www.amazon.com/Green-1TB-Desktop-Hard-Drive/dp/B006GD...

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