WD RAID Edition EIDE 250 GB Hard Drives ( WD2500SB ) as primary drive in DESKTOP?

[cheewooi]

I plan to get WD RAID Edition EIDE 250 GB Hard Drives ( WD2500SB ) and make it as my primary drive in my desktop. There's important msg from WD site said that this drive is mainly for enterprise server usage and not recommended for desktop pc. But, there's some other ppl out there using it looks like no problem at all. I still confused whether wanna get the SB or JB models.


WD2500SB

Here's the comparison chart for other competitor drive on the WD2500SB model:
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IMPORTANT: Because of the time-limited error recovery feature, this product is intended for server applications and is not recommended for use in desktop systems.

Life in a desktop computer doesn't compare to the extreme environment in an always-on, high duty cycle RAID system. What's needed is a drive engineered to thrive in a high-intensity RAID system while still offering traditional low cost-per-capacity desktop value. That drive is the WD Caviar RE. Designed and manufactured to enterprise-class standards, WD Caviar RE drives provide enhanced reliability in a 24x7, continuous duty cycle environment. 1. Time-limited error recovery (TLER) – improves compatibility with RAID adapters; prevents drive fallout caused by the extended hard drive error-recovery processes common to desktop hard drives. 2. 1 million hours MTBF – meets enterprise-class reliability standards. 3. 8 MB cache – provides a higher percentage of cache hits and significantly faster time to data than industry-standard 2 MB versions. 4. Fluid Dynamic Bearings (FDB) – improve hard drive reliability; reduce heat, vibration and noise. 5. Data Lifeguard Tools ™ – software utility that works in conjunction with the embedded Data Lifeguard™ features (including shock protection, an environmental protection system, and embedded error detection and repair features) to make hard drive installation, management, and diagnostics simple and worry-free.

Any opinion and advice on this?

Here's the link to the site
WD2500SB RAID SE

[Ezestuff]

There is nothing there that shows a specific reason and troubles that have occurred if you use this on a desktop.



You would be partitioning it first and ensuring to put all your programs on one part of the disk, etc, etc, follow correct and perfect setup. You know? THE STANDARD.


Ezestuff
Life is just a ball of worms....................... Yuck!

[glc]

I've built 2 servers with those drives - each one with 8 of them on an Adaptec 8 port SATA RAID card. Very nice drives - the suckers are heavy like SCSI drives.