On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:46:48 -0500
netbsd@crel.us wrote:

> > 	Anonymous CVS servers (two machines)
> > 	2 CPU [2 cpu Opteron 244 (1.8GHz)]
> > 	8 GB Memory (8 x 1GB PC3200 DDR 400MHz ECC memory)
> > 	150 GB Disk (4 SATA 36.7GB 10K RPM drives)
> > 
> > 	Build Servers (three machines)
> > 	4 CPU [2 cpu (dual core) Opteron 265 (1.8GHz)]
> > 	4 GB Memory (4 x 1GB PC3200 DDR 400MHz ECC memory)
> > 	210 GB Disk (3 SATA 74GB 10K RPM 8MB Raptor drives)
> 
> Just out of curiosity, why were such small hard drives purchased?  Or
> were these older ones that were already laying around?  I was just
> wondering, because the going price for 200 GB SATA drives is only about
> $100.  Anything smaller is considerably more expensive per GB.

The disks are 10K RPM, not 7200 or 5400 RPM as the drives you are
suggesting. I suppose speed is a more important factor than disk size
in those machines.


Best regards
	Lars Nordlund