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INSPECTOR71   08-04-2008 at 06:08:52 AM

Just wanted to get some opinions on the green power series from western digital, your comments would be will appricieated. I bought two 500 gig gr WD green power caviar hard drives and wanted to know the difference between the regular WD caviar's.


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Bronze Storage badge cjl   08-04-2008 at 11:44:15 PM
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They're slower, cooler, and use less power.

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nabuhonodozor   08-06-2008 at 07:09:13 AM
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I am very happy. I have 3x1T eacs in raid5 and they are much colder, quieter than my previous WD 750. I didnt noticed much of a slowdown also.

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khelben1979   08-07-2008 at 10:33:59 PM
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It's a great idea of these "green harddrives", but I don't like them personally because they are slower. I hate slow harddrives... I would never buy one.

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Bronze Storage badge cjl   08-07-2008 at 10:49:41 PM
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I have one in an enclosure to use as an external (the speed is limited by the interface anyways). For internals though, I wouldn't get one - I'm with you khelben. The faster the better :D


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nabuhonodozor   08-08-2008 at 09:47:02 AM
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"The faster the better" - You'r right. But for system volume I have 3x15K SAS in raid0. Green ones I use for storage of multimedia and work files. Imagine I have 11 drives in my computer case and I am really concerned about heat issues. Those green drives are great in my opinion - I dont need to stream mp3 with lightning speed - 128 kb/s is enough ;-) And my Raid5 build on 1T EACS drives gives me about 100-150 Mb/sec read/write speed. Enough for almost all storage scenarios :-)
It depends of what suits You needs the best.

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INSPECTOR71   08-08-2008 at 11:04:34 AM
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Actually guys i installed mine last night and the speed isnt that bad,Not as fast as my barracuda's but it really isn't that slow and it stays cool also.I think it was a nice add on my computer. I give it a thumbs up!

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khelben1979   08-08-2008 at 12:56:12 PM
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INSPECTOR71 wrote :

Actually guys i installed mine last night and the speed isnt that bad,Not as fast as my barracuda's but it really isn't that slow and it stays cool also.I think it was a nice add on my computer. I give it a thumbs up!



Low demands, perhaps?

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Bronze Storage badge cjl   08-08-2008 at 05:54:18 PM
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nabuhonodozor wrote :

"The faster the better" - You'r right. But for system volume I have 3x15K SAS in raid0. Green ones I use for storage of multimedia and work files. Imagine I have 11 drives in my computer case and I am really concerned about heat issues. Those green drives are great in my opinion - I dont need to stream mp3 with lightning speed - 128 kb/s is enough ;-) And my Raid5 build on 1T EACS drives gives me about 100-150 Mb/sec read/write speed. Enough for almost all storage scenarios :-)
It depends of what suits You needs the best.


3 15k SAS? What kind?

That's a bit on the expensive side for me, but I'm sure it flies.

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