Phatsta wrote:
Yes, I know some from performance logs I've gathered, but I didn't mean for this discussion to dig that deep, as to analyze everything down to IOPS. Maybe I didn't phrase my question correctly. I was simply trying to get peoples opinions on what would be the best solution in that price range. I'm not building the Taj Mahal here so I didn't think detailed info was necessary.
In that case, I think 10K drives are the sweet spot right now for a mix of capacity and IOPS. For high capacity requirements, I still prefer 7.2k SAS drives. They're not much more than 7.2k enterprise SATA (in fact, they're the same drives, different interface).