MSI Wind barebones, can they accommodate 1.5 TB HDs?

[Muse]

I haven't seen it mentioned, so I'm wondering if they will work. The systems have 2 SATA connections available, and I'm thinking of getting one or two of these:

SAMSUNG EcoGreen F2 HD154UI 1.5TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drives

Will they work in these systems?

 

[Decembermouse]

Yes, you should be fine as long as your power supply has a connector for it.

I don't know a ton about the Samsung Ecogreen series but I heard the WD Caviar Green uses less power.

 

[Muse]

Yes, you should be fine as long as your power supply has a connector for it.

I don't know a ton about the Samsung Ecogreen series but I heard the WD Caviar Green uses less power.

Less power than the Samsung Ecogreen drives? The Samsung drives are said to run exceptionally cool, which seems like a very good thing in these systems, especially if you are running two of them. They also have some kind of automatic spin down thing going on, not sure it's going to be a good thing or a PITA. Well, if it stays spun up while I'm using it, it might be a very good thing and save on energy usage.

Actually, hard as it is to believe, I read a post or two (customer reviews at Newegg) from people who experienced the drives spinning down in the middle of operations!

 

[BTA]

Yes. I built one as a FreeNAS box using two seagate 1.5tb drives. Worked great.

 

[Muse]

Yes. I built one as a FreeNAS box using two seagate 1.5tb drives. Worked great.

In an MSI Wind barebones system?

 

[BTA]

MSI Wind Nettop barebones...the desktop version of their Netbook.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-037-_-Product

 

[Slick5150]

In an MSI Wind barebones system?

I have 2 1.5tb WD drives in an MSI Wind Nettop, and it works fine. I use it with FreeNAS (which boots off the Wind's CF->IDE slot on the motherboard).

Had to rig the 5.25" drive bay a bit to make the 3.5" drive fit without sliding around, but it wasn't a big deal.

 

[BTA]

I have 2 1.5tb WD drives in an MSI Wind Nettop, and it works fine. I use it with FreeNAS (which boots off the Wind's CF->IDE slot on the motherboard).

Had to rig the 5.25" drive bay a bit to make the 3.5" drive fit without sliding around, but it wasn't a big deal.

Yep same here. Although I used a spare usb thumb drive in the back to boot FreeNAS since I already had it.

Zip ties and one screw for the hard drive in the 5.25" bay...yeah it's ghetto riggin but it worked fine

 

[Muse]

I have 2 1.5tb WD drives in an MSI Wind Nettop, and it works fine. I use it with FreeNAS (which boots off the Wind's CF->IDE slot on the motherboard).

Had to rig the 5.25" drive bay a bit to make the 3.5" drive fit without sliding around, but it wasn't a big deal.

Please, if you can, explain why you and others are doing this... booting off a CF card. Why not boot off one of the 3.5" HDs? What's the advantage. I'm mystified by this why people are going to the trouble. Do you reboot often? Even if you do I don't understand why you wouldn't just boot off the HD. There must be something(s) I don't understand.

Are your WD drives green?

 

[Muse]

Yep same here. Although I used a spare usb thumb drive in the back to boot FreeNAS since I already had it.

Zip ties and one screw for the hard drive in the 5.25" bay...yeah it's ghetto riggin but it worked fine

How do you guys like FreeNAS for this? I read a post at Newegg customer reviews for a Wind barebones that said he was getting ~30% better performance using Ubuntu than FreeNAS.