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#1
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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#2
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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#3
I know that much lol, but ok if its not worth it, I wont pay extra for it.
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#4
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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#5
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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#6
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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#7
Yeah but Im not sure if I wanna pay that much extra.
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#8
SATA or SCSI is this?
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#9
The 7.2K is Sata and the 10k is SCSI and the 15k is SAS
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#10
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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#11
Allright thanks for the tip. I might go with the 10k one.
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Seras Wrote: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.

scsi hd's have been 15k for years now in servers, they are perfectly fine and have no bigger failure rate than any other rpm drives.
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#13
fqdn Wrote:scsi hd's have been 15k for years now in servers, they are perfectly fine and have no bigger failure rate than any other rpm drives.

I agree. We've been using 15k drives here for a few years now and haven't noticed any higher failure rate than the older 10k drives; just a higher sticker price when you DO have to replace one. I can't see the extra speed being worth it for this application.
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#14
Thanks that one helps me out a bit. Smile I'll be getting two 500 gig seagates I think. Raid 1? Would that be best?
I was going to get four harddrives and do a 0+1 raid but then thought waste of money so I am going with two 500 gigs and just raid 1
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#15
Raid 50 XD BUt seriously I think raid 3 (or is it 4 i forget Toungue) is the best because more hard drives can crash and you are still running.
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