HDD prices - Page 128

fido666 · 12th August 2012, 2:51 PM

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Originally Posted by aokman

DSE have the 4tb Seagates goflex for $269

What drives do they have inside the enclosure? Do they run hot inside the enclosure like the Expansion 2TBs?

DrFrag · 12th August 2012, 5:59 PM

7200rpm drives inside, and they run far too hot inside the enclosures.

KevlarCoated · 12th August 2012, 8:15 PM

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Originally Posted by MagyaR

DD is going to have another 30% off this Monday, conveniently now their wd green 3tb prices are 205$ which would make them 143$.

Has anyone opened up the hitachi touro enclosures? Is it hard to do and which drives are they? Thinking I might get 6x 3TB of them for my microserver in tomorrows sale

aokman · 12th August 2012, 8:39 PM

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Originally Posted by fido666

What drives do they have inside the enclosure? Do they run hot inside the enclosure like the Expansion 2TBs?

Yeah they run quite hot in those enclosures very nice in a server though, power consumption is good aswell.

fido666 · 12th August 2012, 9:10 PM

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Originally Posted by aokman

Yeah they run quite hot in those enclosures very nice in a server though

Was thinking more for use as a backup drive, still justifying the 2TBs I've bought recently for the Microserver (incl yours LOL). If they run hot I'd have to break it out of the enclosure, not sure I'm happy voiding warranty on such a large drive to do it.

johnyfalco · 13th August 2012, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by fido666

What drives do they have inside the enclosure? Do they run hot inside the enclosure like the Expansion 2TBs?

They have ST4000DX000-1C5160
and they are VERY FAST and run extremely cool. (outside the enclosure)
I have 4 of these in a server.
See my thread here, http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh....php?t=1036771

3five1 · 13th August 2012, 11:31 AM

3tb Hitachi SATA3 5400rpm $199 http://www.diycomputers.com.au/check.asp

l3git · 13th August 2012, 4:57 PM

just use segates warranty checker it should work..

TRG.dOinK · 13th August 2012, 5:01 PM

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Originally Posted by l3git

just use segates warranty checker it should work..

Sorry you're right, it needs Part Number along with Serial number, all good cheers.

Revenger · 13th August 2012, 10:52 PM

Had another caviar black fail on me (Bad Sectors) this makes like 4-5 or so in 2 years that have had problems.

I'm abit iffy about caviar black drives now.

So going to need to RMA it like the last :/

So now I need a 3tb drive for data storage backup unless I get the replacement and hope for a good rebuild.

So what drives are cheap and good.

Menthu_Rae · 13th August 2012, 10:57 PM

Just shelled out over $1,500 for 12x 2TB Hitachi 7200RPM drives... running 6 in RAID5 and planning for the other 5 in RAID5 (backup) with a hot spare...

Kind of regretting it now

Should've gone with 6x 4TB from B&H...

I just hope by the time these arrays are filled up that 4TB drives of decent reliability & price are available (i.e. Hitachi or Toshiba if they can release one?).

What was the go with the 4TB Hitachis - does WD have them or Toshiba?

Imperceptible · 14th August 2012, 9:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Menthu_Rae

What was the go with the 4TB Hitachis - does WD have them or Toshiba?

Toshiba was only given the technology to make the 1/2/3TB model Hitachi drives but can now work with that technology to produce a 4TB drive if they wish. HGST (previously Hitachi Global Storage Technologies) who is now owned by the Western Digital Corporation is still making all of their previous drives, including the 4TB models. WD have yet to announce a 4TB drive of their own. I'm currently building a NAS with 10 drives RAID 6, and would have liked to use 4TB drives, but sadly only Ultrastars were available which are too costly for me. So I went with WD 3TB Reds.

Nephilim · 14th August 2012, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by KevlarCoated

Has anyone opened up the hitachi touro enclosures? Is it hard to do and which drives are they? Thinking I might get 6x 3TB of them for my microserver in tomorrows sale

If you want to keep the enclosure looking undamaged forget about it. The enclosure is practically destroyed to open it up. Much more difficult to get the drives out compared to the XL series enclosures.

IncredibleBulk · 14th August 2012, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Imperceptible

So I went with WD 3TB Reds.

How are you finding them so far?

barbz · 14th August 2012, 12:15 PM

Is there any downside to using enclosure disks out of an enclosure except for warranty?

I have 8 slots to fill - 4 x4tb is the same storage as 8 x 2tb and cheaper - but 8 x 3tb is

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Menthu_Rae Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Northern Beaches, Sydney Posts: 6,140	Just shelled out over $1,500 for 12x 2TB Hitachi 7200RPM drives... running 6 in RAID5 and planning for the other 5 in RAID5 (backup) with a hot spare... Kind of regretting it now Should've gone with 6x 4TB from B&H... I just hope by the time these arrays are filled up that 4TB drives of decent reliability & price are available (i.e. Hitachi or Toshiba if they can release one?). What was the go with the 4TB Hitachis - does WD have them or Toshiba? __________________ System Specs: i7 3770K, Noctua NH-U12P SE2, 32GB Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3-1600, ASUS P8Z77-V Premium, 2048MB Zotac GTX680, ASUS Xonar Essence One, 120GB/240GB Samsung 840 SSDs, 2x 3TB Toshiba HDDs [RAID1], 2x Zalman ZMMFC-1 Plus, Dell U3011 30" LCD, Creative T-40 Series II 2.0, LianLi PC-A71B, 8x Scythe SFF21G, 1kW Silverstone ST1000P. Over 50 Trades.

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DrFrag Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: South Australia Posts: 919	7200rpm drives inside, and they run far too hot inside the enclosures.

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l3git Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: /root Posts: 234	just use segates warranty checker it should work..

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barbz Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 223	Is there any downside to using enclosure disks out of an enclosure except for warranty? I have 8 slots to fill - 4 x4tb is the same storage as 8 x 2tb and cheaper - but 8 x 3tb is