On Tue, 17 Mar 2009, Garrett Cooper wrote: > Spinning down to a lower RPM seems legitimate, compared to spinning it > down, which kills the drives. AFAIK there are no drives which have multiple spin speeds. That's too complex. > Look at WD's green drives -- they claim to get 30% ~ 50% better power > efficiency than standard drives. Though WD may like to make it appear their GP drives, vary between 5400 and 7200, all current models spin at a fixed 5400rpm. Looked at closely, their claims only suggest that they may in future release GP drives which spin at 7200rpm, but in truth they won't. Cheers. -- Mark Powell - UNIX System Administrator - The University of Salford Information & Learning Services, Clifford Whitworth Building, Salford University, Manchester, M5 4WT, UK. Tel: +44 161 295 6843 Fax: +44 161 295 5888 www.pgp.com for PGP keyReceived on Wed Mar 18 2009 - 11:21:13 UTC
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