All the dedicated server providers I know, do in fact use "consumer" HDs in systems, but allow you to spend more to use "server" HDs. And, a properly equipped

All the dedicated server providers I know, do in fact use "consumer" HDs in systems, but allow you to spend more to use "server" HDs. And, a properly equipped server for the workload being used, should not have its disks being used a lot, since loads tend to be spiky. So they should be busy during peak periods but much less busy other times.