Super Cheap Hitachi UltraStar C10k600 450GB 2.5" TCG Encryption Hard Drives
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Depends if it's read cache or write cache, and if the cache needs high sequential transfer or high iops with moderate sequential. If it's not a write cache most enterprise SSD even the affordable S3500 800gb would work great and be way faster IOPs-wise than 8x of those drives.
1 Single Enterprise SSD (IE: 1.2TB s3710 or 800GB S3700) would last a very long time in a write-cache role as well.
8x of these power usage is much greater than SSD too.
My vote is SSD, if you don't need tons of space then Fusion-IO SLC may be an even better choice, and if in the budget the P3600 400GB make great cache drives for the $$
You want to look at multiples of 12 as they ship in one box. It may also speed up in getting the shipping costs from them.
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Sometimes they don't answer at all and your offer times out. I just resubmit the same offer with a "I don't know if you missed it because of the weekend" note, and they then accept.
...I had to call them as my first had timed out (it was over the weekend). Them my second offer (made on Monday morn) had 4 hours left and still with no response, so I called... However doing this probably added $1 per drive as a hassle/asshole tax for bugging them as they then would only accept $16 per... 
Not to defend them, but I'm guessing your demand for their supply caused them to increase the price. The auction automatically relists when it ends, so it's no big deal if you miss it. Again, they have THOUSANDS of these drives and they want to sell them to anyone that wants them....I had to call them as my first had timed out (it was over the weekend). Them my second offer (made on Monday morn) had 4 hours left and still with no response, so I called... However doing this probably added $1 per drive as a hassle/asshole tax for bugging them as they then would only accept $16 per...
To clarify; it wasn't the auction itself that was timing out, but my second offer that had at that point gone unanswered... As I stated, they evidently may adjust an asshole tax into the price if you gotta contact them by phone...
Just got an invoice and paid it. $19.50 shipping for 14. Not bad at all. I'll have a fully populated CS216 to play with. It also has a 2 drive caddyless 2.5 bay in the rear so it will be easy peazy to swap out different SSD's with different OS's as needed.
What do you use for checking your drives ? do you use a bootable usb stick with a specific os bundle and a specific tool ?
Lots of possibilities. Haven't really decided yet. Maybe a pigeonhole server.
What's the cheapest way to use them for pre-"production" shelf testing? Any bulk adapters available? Some trashy frames?
(I have controllers, just talking about electrics)
(I have controllers, just talking about electrics)
I'm using DBAN (dban.org), which isn't the best of tools, but I figure flipping all of the bits three times will do the trick. Out of the 50 I've tested so far, I've only got one that said its giving me problems. However, SMART for that drive still shows good and after popping the drive out and putting it back in, I tested it again alone and it passed with flying colors.