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    Experience with 5400 RPM CMR Drives

    Thank you OrlyP. I hadn't considered the CPU angle. Good thing to keep in mind.
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    Experience with 5400 RPM CMR Drives

    Thank you BlueFox. That is the kind of information I was looking for.
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    Experience with 5400 RPM CMR Drives

    I need to replace my aging disk array. It is currently i5-2500K, 32GB (non-ECC) RAM, 2 mirror ZFS vdevs HGST 3TB 7200 RPM drives. Since the array is on continuously and sees light usage most of the time, I'd like to put more effort into reducing the power usage. One of the areas I am...