Large HDD question.

[ZUnit]

I read on any manufacturers site of large HDD's for example Barracuda 7200.8 product overview say his drive is good for:
? Small workgroup servers in businesses, education
and government
? Video, digital photo and e-mail storage on PC-based
home media servers
? Storage of fixed-content information that is actively
referenced but changed infrequently (medical records,
active data archives, financial statements, videos,
digital photos)
? PCs optimized for gaming

And i read this about all large >=200 GB hdd's are they going to wear of to fast if data is written on them very frequently or what is reason they only recomended for storage only?

 

[ZUnit]

Bumb.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: ZUnit
I read on any manufacturers site of large HDD's for example Barracuda 7200.8 product overview say his drive is good for:
? Small workgroup servers in businesses, education
and government
? Video, digital photo and e-mail storage on PC-based
home media servers
? Storage of fixed-content information that is actively
referenced but changed infrequently (medical records,
active data archives, financial statements, videos,
digital photos)
? PCs optimized for gaming

And i read this about all large >=200 GB hdd's are they going to wear of to fast if data is written on them very frequently or what is reason they only recomended for storage only?

Well, yes and no. Mostly no, but most desktop-oriented HDs aren't designed for 24x7 constant read/write access, like SCSI drives are that are designed for servers. That's probably all that means. It will be fine in a desktop PC situation, and those new Seagate 7200.8 drives are supposed to be pretty fast too.

 

[ZUnit]

Can i install windows on this drive?