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Im looking at betting a new server and colocating and hosting quite a few servers on it. Now I know the faster the hard drive speed, the faster the map loads. Right now I have a 7.2k hard drive speed, with hosting 3 servers, and the maps changing are fine. Now I am hosting a lot more servers, 10-12ish to be exact, anyone know if I should get a 10k or 15k hard drive speed. I mean is the peformence really worth it? Does anyone notice an improvement? 15k is also quite expensive and then you have to get a special motherboard to support SAS......
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one word, no, it's not worth it.
I have yet to see a server with a 10k rpm drive to outperform a 7.2k.
5k rpm drives ARE really slow! never use those
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I know that much lol, but ok if its not worth it, I wont pay extra for it.
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hey if it's really cheap compared to the 7.2k then get it, always nice to have faster HDD(faster OS load,etc`).
but if you need to add like $200 then it's not worth it.
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Yeah Im getting a Dell server hopefully soon with RAID setup so if I want 10k or 15k hard drives, I have to get two of them.
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obviously overall its nicer to have as fast as possible for your components...
10k is probably the standard sort of speed you get from most providers nowadays.
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Yeah but Im not sure if I wanna pay that much extra.
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The 7.2K is Sata and the 10k is SCSI and the 15k is SAS
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Be very careful with a 15k RPM harddisk. Many of those are not meant to run 24/7 in a server. It could damage the drive! Meanwhile many 7.2k RPM can afford a 24/7 usage.
Besides, a faster Mapchange is not going to reduce the reconnect time during a mapchange for the clients in any way.
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Allright thanks for the tip. I might go with the 10k one.
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I'll be getting two 500 gig seagates I think. Raid 1? Would that be best?
) is the best because more hard drives can crash and you are still running.