Re: md RAID with enterprise-class SATA or SAS drives

Daniel Pocock [off-list ref] wrote:

 > ignoring the better MTBF and seek times of these drives, do any of the
 > other features passively contribute to a better RAID experience when
 > using md?

An important one for large arrays is the ability to handle the level of 
chassis vibration/resonance from adjacent drives, which has a marked 
effect on seek times (this feature is called RAFF in Western Digital 
RAID Edition drives), and is not available in desktop drives.

Regards,

Richard