Might want to wait a few days as Seagate has already released their new
7200.12 series drives with 500 gig platters and WD is within days of
having their new 2 TB drives on sale with 500 gig platters. I bought one
of Seagate's new 500 gig drives last week and its sweet so far.
Noticeably fast than my old WD 200 gigger.
Bino Gopal wrote:
What are your guy's thoughts on buying HDs nowadays? You can get 1TB SATA
HDs for <$100 (sometimes even $80 on good sales) so the price/storage ratio
is so-sweet it's almost a no-brainer to buy like 5-10 and go into some crazy
RAID setup!
But I keep seeing reviews on Newegg and other sites about these things
FAILING all the time (across all manufacturers), and that makes me worried.
I'd rather spend more and get something good that will definitely last and
be reliable.so if I buy SAS drives, will they definitely fit that bill?
Problem is they seem too expensive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150014%2010
35917796&name=Serial%20Attached%20SCSI%20%28SAS%29>
&N=2010150014%201035917796&name=Serial%20Attached%20SCSI%20%28SAS%29
(A guy at work was going to give me the adapter to use these btw, since they
don't seem to sell them as much. :P)
Or do you have to hunt and find the enterprise class SATA drives that are
better quality than the general consumer ones, like this one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136313 (WD RE3)
I've been looking at storagereview, but they don't seem to break down the
more reliable class as a whole vs the cheaper stuff.thoughts?
BINO
