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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Julio,<br>
      <br>
      In my experience the HD speed has an strong impact on WRF
      performance. But, may be, in your WRF setup is not so relevant.<br>
      <br>
      Regards,<br>
      <br>
      Guillermo<br>
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      On 13/01/14 22:07, Julio Castro wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi all,</span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We are getting a
            dedicated machine to run WRF. 32 GB RAM and 2
          </span><strong><span style="font-size:7.5pt;
              font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US">Intel Xeon E5-2450 2.10GHz, 20M Cache (8
              cores each)
            </span></strong><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp;with some &nbsp;<b>7.2K RPM
              SATA 3Gbps HDs, my question is if there is any point in
              getting faster HD, say 10 K or 15K RPM instead of the 7.2K
              RPM?</b></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks in advance</span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p>
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              color:#0079A2">Julio Castro M.</span></b><span
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            color:#333333">| Especialista Senior en Calidad de Aire | </span><span
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