|
HDD Storage Type Guidelines |
|
|
November 2009 |
What type of hard disk should I use? This article provides a recommendation on what type of hard disk should be used for what applications. There are no hard demarcations i.e. SATA drives can be used for high-end applications but performance may suffer. Please use this table as a guideline only.
| |
Suggested Application
|
Connection Type
|
Rotational Speed
|
High-end
|
Transactional data |
SAS |
15k RPM |
| - Databases |
| - Exchange |
| Mid-range |
|
7.2k RPM |
| Reference data |
SATA |
| Low-end |
- File Storage |
| - Archive data |
|
