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buchno:

--- Quote from: kitamesume on August 04, 2012, 09:27:07 PM ---precisely why im not concerned for the longest lifespan, usually i change my rigs once every one or two years which includes an HDD in it, it would mean that my next upgrade would have at least a 3TB that will accommodate whatever files the 1TB had, and since its 2years later it would be practical to think that the 3TBs of that time should be way more durable than this year's.

if by any chance the 1TB survives a few more years after the initial 2years then i'd be playin with it as a mirror copy of drives.

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You never keep the drives?
4TB is nonetheless 33% more space.

Edit: Nvm, I'm tired and missed your second paragraph

Dhruv:
I bought my 2TB drive 7 months ago... I am expecting it to last atleast more than 3 years. It's a seagate so it may be shit but it's from seagate's last good batch. :P
By then i would have setup a NAS unit with RAID so i wouldn't have to worry about disk failure.
I'll have to see about blue though. I have heard Black is good too. And velociraptor is fast.

megido-rev.M:
^ The Black performs better than Blue. As for Velociraptor, it has 10K RPM and is way more expensive.

Dhruv:

--- Quote from: megido-rev.M on August 05, 2012, 01:49:51 AM ---^ The Black performs better than Blue. As for Velociraptor, it has 10K RPM and is way more expensive.

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I guess Black is the second best drive in terms of performance
And velociraptor is the best. It's for 15,000 INR over here for 1TB. Divide it by 55 to get it's price in USD.
There is a new drive from Western Digital. It's named Red and is for NAS unit. So can i use it as an external drive after putting it in an external enclosure(not in an NAS unit) like kira suggested? I mean can it be put into an external enclosure which isn't a NAS unit.

Freedom Kira:
First off, the Velociraptor series was designed for performance, to be used as an OS drive. It was not meant for lots of data access, but rather for speed. It is outperformed by modern SSDs so it is kind of a mid-grade performance disk. Don't use it for just storing lots of data, that's a big waste of its potential unless you're running some kind of intermediate to heavy server that requires quick and heavy data access.

Second, it's hard to say about the Red because it is so new. It is recommended to be used in NAS units so I would expect it to be set up to RAID very easily (not that RAID is not already easy in the first place). I would not be so quick to say that it would work well in an enclosure for that reason. Play it safe and use a Green drive in the enclosure instead. You'll probably save on electricity too.

Obviously, there's no reason why it wouldn't work, but again, it's marketed as designed for NAS units. So the simple answer would be "yes, it can be put into an enclosure." The main worry is how much it would benefit you.

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