Rajahal Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Not nearly as good as some of the in-store deals, but I believe this is the best online deal I've seen for this drive. HITACHI Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723020BLA642 (0f12115) 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive $99.99 + free shipping after promo EMCKFJH38 (expires 04/18/2011) Quote Link to comment
aRe-eYe-pEa Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I have been looking for a new Parity drive. Thanks for the heads up. Quote Link to comment
Vibe Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I recently added this drive to my server as the parity drive - it is working very well. From what I am seeing my parity checks have gone from 58-60MB/s to anywhere from 65MB/s - 85MB/s+ (previously using a WD Caviar Black 1.5TB). So far it appears to be a great drive. Quote Link to comment
Rajahal Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Is that using other 7200 rpm drives as data drives, or green, or a mix? Quote Link to comment
cyrnel Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Excellent timing! Thanks. Quote Link to comment
Vibe Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Is that using other 7200 rpm drives as data drives, or green, or a mix? A Mix - This is using the 7K3000 for parity and 2x Hitachi 5K3000 (green) + 3x WD Caviar Black 1.5TB + 1x WD Caviar Back 1TB for data. I was getting SLOWER speeds using ALL WD Caviar Blacks before the move to the three Hitachi drives. As mentioned, during parity checks I see fluctuations from 65-85MB/s - sometimes momentarily as high as 90MB/s+. With my previous setup the speeds would be more constant around 58-60MB/s. I was actually going to post this in the forum as I was unsure of the reason for the increase in speed (didn't seem correct as the WD 1.5TB parity seemed pretty fast). Quote Link to comment
Rajahal Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 That is a bit of a surprising result (Hitachi greens being faster than older WD Blacks), but if the aerial density on the Hitachi platters is significantly higher than that on the WD Blacks then I guess it makes sense. Quote Link to comment
madburg Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Not nearly as good as some of the in-store deals, but I believe this is the best online deal I've seen for this drive. HITACHI Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723020BLA642 (0f12115) 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive $99.99 + free shipping after promo EMCKFJH38 (expires 04/18/2011) Hey Rajahal, what where the in store (what stores, please) deals you saw were going for $$? Quote Link to comment
Rajahal Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 Not nearly as good as some of the in-store deals, but I believe this is the best online deal I've seen for this drive. HITACHI Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723020BLA642 (0f12115) 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive $99.99 + free shipping after promo EMCKFJH38 (expires 04/18/2011) Hey Rajahal, what where the in store (what stores, please) deals you saw were going for $$? Nevermind. I thought I remembered seeing this drive on sale for $70, but I just did a search and realized I must have been thinking of the 5k3000 (the green counterpart). It looks like this is the cheapest the 7k3000 has been. Quote Link to comment
madburg Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Cool, I was thinking the same it must have been the green ones, this is a deal for the 7200 for sure. Quote Link to comment
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