[vdr] Re: HD speed requirements

[Steffen Barszus <st_barszus@gmx.de>]

Am Samstag, 21. Juni 2003 22:28 schrieben Sie:
> Hi,
>
> It seems my old (half a year old) disk in the VDR box is beginning to get
> noisy, so I thought about replacing it. It's a pretty fast 7200 rpm IDE
> disk, but I was wondering wether a 5400 rpm one would be just as good? It
> could be more silent and produce less heat.
>
> The most I/O-intensive we've so far done is two simultaneous recordings
> and one replay (timeshift + extra recording), and the 7200 rpm disk has
> done that without any problems.
>
> Anyone have a new 5400 rpm disk and can share comments on wether it is
> good enough? I can fit only one disk in the case, so suggestions to get a
> RAID setup are not too helpful. :)
>

I have a samsung 120 GB disc bought just a few days ago. The disc was really 
cheap (98 €) is 5400 rpm, 2MB cache. Seems to be very silent. (Nearly no 
head/seeking noise) I guess its a bit early to say buy this, but for this 
price I guess you can't make a lot wrong. I guess 3 recordings on the same 
time == 3x4 = 12 MB per second should every disk catch up with. 

HTH

Steffen


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