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Originally Posted by Phoenix32
Now a little opinion thrown in that I am sure "someone" will want to argue about.
I DO NOT recommend hard disks over 500 GB in 1U Servers. Why? Because 1U servers are notorious for limited cooling. Drives over 500GB are in my opinion too high in the power department (power translates to heat) for this limited cooling. Why? Because a Hard Disk's life span is directly proportional to the average temperature when running.
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I'm not that someone who wants to argue... (I have a darling wife and 3 kidletts for all the arguments I, or any other male, could possibly handle in a lifetime)
What you are saying is really interesting... the current units; Snap 410's and 520's can both now be purchased in a 4TB configuration... we are pumping them out right now...
It will be interesting to see if there is an increase in failed HDD's from these 4TB units... unfortunately as a sales person I probably won't hear about it for yonks if I do at all...
For me to hear about it, we will have to be getting disasters like; multiple clients loosing 2 drives at once or 1 today and the 2nd before it gets a chance to rebuild, I have never heard that one in relation to a snap server but it would be ridiculous to say it could not happen.
I understand that the movement of AIR though fans has a volume measurement surely there is a measurement for the movement of AIR though device like a snap server...
If so, my questions are,
what is that value for the Snap4500?
what is that value for the Snap410?
what is that value for the Snap520?
This in turn will tell us if the manufacturer has taken steps to ensure the longevity of the 4TB units and the 1TB drives out there in the wild today...