[Novalug] OT: best hard disk setup for home file server?

Ken Kauffman kkauffman@headfog.com
Fri Oct 16 08:48:42 EDT 2009


Whats up with the Harley bash?  How much do you really know about the
engineering changes over the last 10 years?

Ken

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 00:25, James Ewing Cottrell 3rd
<JECottrell3@comcast.net> wrote:
> Richard Ertel wrote:
>
>> Is there any advantage to 2.5" drives over 3.5" drives besides size?
>
> Same reason you don't want to buy a Harley. OK, so Harleys are Chick
> Magnets, and that reason alone might override the technical reasons.
>
> Bigger = more wasted motion. There is a limit on how fast you can spin
> big massive long stroke pistons as well as big massive disk platters.
>
> At some point, the outer cylinders reach the speed of light, relativity
> takes over, and you will have died of old age before your data arrives.
> Of course the data will also be compressed, but the drive will also
> start emitting gamma rays from the spindle, a violation of FCC rules.
>
> But seriously, the movable arm will have to be more massive and move
> farther. Basically, size, mass and motion are Bad, and Small is Good.
>
> JIM
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