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5TB HDDs in the pipeline
Check these leaked roadmaps that show Western Digital's plans for its NAS-optimized Red and energy-efficient Green hard drive lineups. The slides reveal that we can expect the first 5TB HDDs about a year from now. A little earlier than that, the two lines will be updated with 4 TB variants, the WD40ERFX and WD40EZRX. All four drives feature 64 MB of cache, SATA 6 Gb/s interface, and are built in the 3.5-inch form-factor. Roadmap after the break.
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#4471331 Posted on: 12/04/2012 09:28 PM
0%, actually.
100% film and TV. Nothing else.
Damm, nice one...I am starting to do my own blu ray rips to my PC. Would love to see your set up.
0%, actually.
100% film and TV. Nothing else.
Damm, nice one...I am starting to do my own blu ray rips to my PC. Would love to see your set up.
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#4471343 Posted on: 12/04/2012 09:35 PM
17TB O.o i got only 8 :< goddamn. need to buy more space tho running out fast... got some 500gb free.
17TB O.o i got only 8 :< goddamn. need to buy more space tho running out fast... got some 500gb free.
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#4471387 Posted on: 12/04/2012 10:22 PM
It's really nothing too fancy or complicated. Mostly older hardware (Core 2, P35 chipset etc), an extra controller, an old, huge huge slightly modified maxi-tower from way back with room for boatloads of drives. Running Windows Home Server 2011 and FlexRaid software raid (Raid-Z, 3TB parity and storage pooling). Streams to my Popcorn Hour media player in the living room with a full graphical library system (ala XBMC). It's positioned in a storage room in my apartment and I control it with Radmin. I easily get over 100 megabytes a sec over Gb Lan with this. A cheaper and much more flexible alternative to a NAS.
Easy peasy. Put that old hardware to use!
A pic of the thing can be seen here: http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj28/Adrgha/CIMG5809.jpg
It ain't pretty, but I never see it anyway.
Damm, nice one...I am starting to do my own blu ray rips to my PC. Would love to see your set up.
It's really nothing too fancy or complicated. Mostly older hardware (Core 2, P35 chipset etc), an extra controller, an old, huge huge slightly modified maxi-tower from way back with room for boatloads of drives. Running Windows Home Server 2011 and FlexRaid software raid (Raid-Z, 3TB parity and storage pooling). Streams to my Popcorn Hour media player in the living room with a full graphical library system (ala XBMC). It's positioned in a storage room in my apartment and I control it with Radmin. I easily get over 100 megabytes a sec over Gb Lan with this. A cheaper and much more flexible alternative to a NAS.
Easy peasy. Put that old hardware to use!
A pic of the thing can be seen here: http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj28/Adrgha/CIMG5809.jpg
It ain't pretty, but I never see it anyway.
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#4471398 Posted on: 12/04/2012 10:28 PM
Great. I need more storage space for my porn collection.
Great. I need more storage space for my porn collection.
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#4471400 Posted on: 12/04/2012 10:29 PM
Only 3.7TB left on my 18.1TB RAID6 volume. Could do with the price of 4TB drives plummeting and replacing mine.
Only 3.7TB left on my 18.1TB RAID6 volume. Could do with the price of 4TB drives plummeting and replacing mine.
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#4471541 Posted on: 12/05/2012 01:09 AM
5TB would be great, have everything on one HDD. and then another for backup (RAID)
5TB would be great, have everything on one HDD. and then another for backup (RAID)
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#4471631 Posted on: 12/05/2012 03:27 AM
Considering you shouldn't put Green drives in NAS units because they tend to try and and spin down when they shouldn't.
Most NAS companies like QNAP don't even recommend some of the WD drives let alone Green drives.
Considering you shouldn't put Green drives in NAS units because they tend to try and and spin down when they shouldn't.
Most NAS companies like QNAP don't even recommend some of the WD drives let alone Green drives.
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#4471646 Posted on: 12/05/2012 03:51 AM
Not all, I had a very noisy WD Black 2.5", which sounds a lot more than a very quiet WD Green EARS/EARX.
I feel like getting a 2,5 Inch Drive for my PC instead. They are so freakin quiet.
Not all, I had a very noisy WD Black 2.5", which sounds a lot more than a very quiet WD Green EARS/EARX.
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#4471653 Posted on: 12/05/2012 03:57 AM
Considering you shouldn't put Green drives in NAS units because they tend to try and and spin down when they shouldn't.
Most NAS companies like QNAP don't even recommend some of the WD drives let alone Green drives.
Don't all WD Non-enterprise drives fail RAID due to their deep cycle recovery? That's how it used to be with the blacks dunno if they switched policies or not.
Considering you shouldn't put Green drives in NAS units because they tend to try and and spin down when they shouldn't.
Most NAS companies like QNAP don't even recommend some of the WD drives let alone Green drives.
Don't all WD Non-enterprise drives fail RAID due to their deep cycle recovery? That's how it used to be with the blacks dunno if they switched policies or not.
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#4471676 Posted on: 12/05/2012 04:39 AM
My 500GB WD Blacks work fine in raid...
My 500GB WD Blacks work fine in raid...
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#4471678 Posted on: 12/05/2012 04:46 AM
I don't use WD in any NAS environments. Just had too many problems with them over the years.
It's really only the Greens, or any Eco drive for that matter that you shouldn't put in RAID.
Most of the time though I find Enterprise drives make no real difference other than gouging your wallet. Mechanical drives all can fail at some random point.
Don't all WD Non-enterprise drives fail RAID due to their deep cycle recovery? That's how it used to be with the blacks dunno if they switched policies or not.
I don't use WD in any NAS environments. Just had too many problems with them over the years.
My WD Blacks work fine in raid...
It's really only the Greens, or any Eco drive for that matter that you shouldn't put in RAID.
Most of the time though I find Enterprise drives make no real difference other than gouging your wallet. Mechanical drives all can fail at some random point.
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#4471685 Posted on: 12/05/2012 05:00 AM
I've paid for Enterprise drives before....and had them fail faster than my WD Blacks have.
I've paid for Enterprise drives before....and had them fail faster than my WD Blacks have.
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#4471686 Posted on: 12/05/2012 05:06 AM
Exactly.
I've stopped paying for them because the extra price I don't think is worth it.
It they're going to fail it will be within the Warranty time-frame anyway.
Better to just have another cheap drive to whack in.
Exactly.
I've stopped paying for them because the extra price I don't think is worth it.
It they're going to fail it will be within the Warranty time-frame anyway.
Better to just have another cheap drive to whack in.
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#4471940 Posted on: 12/05/2012 01:04 PM
Only got WD Green and Spinpoint drives in my array, only had one failure, no problems other than that in the last few years
I avoid mentioning they are in a RAID array when i log a warranty call though, worried they would refuse it!
Only got WD Green and Spinpoint drives in my array, only had one failure, no problems other than that in the last few years
I avoid mentioning they are in a RAID array when i log a warranty call though, worried they would refuse it!
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USB 2.0 drives even used to be cheaper than bare SATA drives. I bought a bunch I pried open and took the drives out of. I now have a lot of SATA -> USB 2.0 converters and AC adapters left over from this.