Yeah...what are you doing with ~60 HDs? Must be really hot in summer. :)
Bino Gopal wrote:
Lol, I know this is "the HWG" but still...*SIXTY* drives?! Wow, are you
running your own website or something from home?! Or just trying to archive
small portions of the internet?! :P Hehe, do you get a special support #
with WD for that; tier 1 customer or something?
Hmm, what's your power bill like to have all that HW running like that?? I
know I had to consciously start shutting off my main PC (as I wasn't using
it as often since I'm mostly on the laptop) and with just that change (ok,
and being a bit more careful with lights, etc) we dropped our power bill 25%
vs last year-though it's still ~$100/mo (for a 3 bedroom apt in West LA)...
:P
BINO
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 6:12 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [H] 1.5 TB & 2.0 TB hard drives
I've got 4 of the 1TB F1 models. I like the drives, but have you researched
the RMA process? It looks like a complete afterthought--enough that I
probably won't buy another Samsung drive until it's addressed. WD, in
contrast, has such a smooth return process that they'll continue to get the
bulk of my business. I've got somewhere around 60 drives running at home,
most of them WD.
I expect drives to fail. They all will eventually, and it doesn't matter
what brand or model. The way in which the return is handled has become one
of the most valuable brand attributes for me.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware-
[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gmail
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 11:56 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [H] 1.5 TB & 2.0 TB hard drives
I've had good success with the 1TB SpinPoint F1 drives. Now the F3
model is out and it's been getting rave reviews for speed and
performance.
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Brian
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On 2009-10-13, at 1:50 PM, Naushad Zulfiqar <[email protected]> wrote:
I have a seagate 1. 5 as well as a WD 2 tb and both are running
great.
The seagate got a bad rap due to initial shoddy firmware. But all is
well
now.
On Oct 13, 2009 5:54 AM, "James Maki" <[email protected]>
wrote:
I am looking to add some storage space and am wondering if I need to
worry
about compatibility with the new larger hard drives. I haven't had
any
problems with 1 TB drives (Western Digital and Samsung). Any
warnings or
caveats? Any favorites in the 1.5 and 2.0 TB manufacturers? Any
warnings?
Thanks for your input.
Jim Maki
[email protected]
