This is meant to be a storage drive in a NAS, not a boot drive.
Also, your comment is really outdated. Every single mechanical hard drive is going to be higher latency than an SSD. If you are worried about drive latency, you should be looking at SSD's.
On average, would a slower turning platter last longer than a faster turning one? It seems like it should because of less heat and wear. I like using the WD Green drives that have variable speed 5400-7800 and Benbargains was showing one at the same price without a rebate but it looks like it went up to $99:
I've been denied rebates from TD even though I've followed all of the instructions. The last one they told me I could re-submit if the deadline hadn't passed but they waited for the deadline to pass before they sent me the notice.
I have 5 of these in a Synology 1512+ that I have been running for over ay ear with zero problems. I would love to replace them with 6tb versions as the Red drives are just phenomenal in NAS settings (which they are made for)
The "Only 5400rpm" comment made me laugh this early in the morning so thank you for that ;)
That's a good drive too but the WD Red is meant for always on, medium usage such as a server. Admittedly, these guys found no practical differences http://hothardware.com/reviews/6tb-hard-drive-roundup?page=10 Still, if I were making a NAS, I'd definitely choose Red.
When or offers this for $90, I'm in. Tiger continues with the hoops. Not just 1 or 2, but three here. I'd be grateful to Ben if I could just set a preference to not see certain vendors.
I bought 4 of these last year for $129.99 each.
Not a deal to me as I dont have VISA and have no luck with rebates until you call them and complain and then magically it gets kicked out. Scam rebate centers...
Otherwise these run great in a Lenovo ix-300d NAS.
And 5400rpm drives are great for NAS and Storage.
7200rpm would heat up so fast and not needed in RAID configuration.
Like the other guy said if your worried about speed get a SSD which will blow a striped 7200rpm drive configuration out of the water. Trust me I tested it.
On average, would a slower turning platter last longer than a faster turning one? It seems like it should because of less heat and wear. I like using the WD Green drives that have variable speed 5400-7800
Yes a slower RPM promotes longer life, as does fewer platters, but unacceptable lifespan can also come sooner from factors like factory defect, power surge, inadequate cooling made worse by high # of platters.
While WD was once vague about their Green drive RPM, current evidence suggests they are not variable speed. If they ramped up in speed under load then their performance scores on benchmarks should be about the same as 7200RPM constant speed models which isn't the case.
Granted, in the era of SSD I'll take a chance at longer life over a minor latency or throughput difference. I'd just as soon we did away with 3.5" and had 5.25" ~10TB desktop HDDs spinning at 4K RPM.
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This is meant to be a storage drive in a NAS, not a boot drive.
Also, your comment is really outdated. Every single mechanical hard drive is going to be higher latency than an SSD. If you are worried about drive latency, you should be looking at SSD's.
http://bensbargains.net/bargain/western-digital-caviar-green-3tb-64mb-sata3-hdd-90-at-amazon-59785/
I've been denied rebates from TD even though I've followed all of the instructions. The last one they told me I could re-submit if the deadline hadn't passed but they waited for the deadline to pass before they sent me the notice.
The "Only 5400rpm" comment made me laugh this early in the morning so thank you for that ;)
That's a good drive too but the WD Red is meant for always on, medium usage such as a server. Admittedly, these guys found no practical differences http://hothardware.com/reviews/6tb-hard-drive-roundup?page=10 Still, if I were making a NAS, I'd definitely choose Red.
If I can make one person laugh I'm doing better than Tony Danza.
Not a deal to me as I dont have VISA and have no luck with rebates until you call them and complain and then magically it gets kicked out. Scam rebate centers...
Otherwise these run great in a Lenovo ix-300d NAS.
And 5400rpm drives are great for NAS and Storage.
7200rpm would heat up so fast and not needed in RAID configuration.
Like the other guy said if your worried about speed get a SSD which will blow a striped 7200rpm drive configuration out of the water. Trust me I tested it.
Yes a slower RPM promotes longer life, as does fewer platters, but unacceptable lifespan can also come sooner from factors like factory defect, power surge, inadequate cooling made worse by high # of platters.
While WD was once vague about their Green drive RPM, current evidence suggests they are not variable speed. If they ramped up in speed under load then their performance scores on benchmarks should be about the same as 7200RPM constant speed models which isn't the case.
Granted, in the era of SSD I'll take a chance at longer life over a minor latency or throughput difference. I'd just as soon we did away with 3.5" and had 5.25" ~10TB desktop HDDs spinning at 4K RPM.
Thank you!