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The enterprise drive are designed for more durability than anything else. In other words, in high duty cycle environments. Often performance (mostly access time) is also a consideration since they are in such high duty cycle environments, but the key factor has always been durability, lifespan and high loads.

With this said, many of the drives out there these days listed as "enterprise" class drives are not much different than SOHO standard equipments. Look at the specs (MTBF, power use, and the like) and see if it meets your needs.