furymaster Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Hi, didn't find any posting regarding the new WD20EARX with SATA 6 Gb/s interface, so I'll post that here: Just got the information, that Western Digital upgraded the WD20EARS with an 6 Gb/s interface, and calls this drive WD20EARX. I've no information about prices yet... UPDATE: The WD20EARS is 52.00 EUR at my wholesale dealer, the WD20EARX is 64.00 EUR right now (not including taxes, of course...). That's 12 EUR for SATA600... Link to comment
defected07 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 ...On a drive that doesn't even max out SATAII Link to comment
Johnm Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 ...On a drive that doesn't even max out SATAII I don't think it even maxes SATA1... Good news to me, i can get some oldschool EARS soon on sale as they move to the next generation.. Link to comment
defected07 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 ^^ Good point, though I've been picking up the Hitachis lately, maybe I can upgrade a 1TB to a 2TB Link to comment
Superorb Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I haven't had much luck finding the EARS drives at a similar price to the Samsung or Hitachi drives. Of course, those two brands will be no longer shortly as they're absorbed into WD and Seagate. Link to comment
Rajahal Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Whaddya say we call these the 'WD EARS marketing gimmick version'? Can't wait til someone benchmarks these against the original WD EARS....they're in for a world of disappointment. Link to comment
joshpond Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Does anyone know if there are any differences between the 2? (Other than the 6GB/s interface) Are they just an EARS with a newer interface? I might get an earx as they are selling at the same price as the ears here. Josh Link to comment
Rajahal Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 I haven't heard of anyone using them with unRAID yet, so if you want to try it out, go ahead. I don't know of any differences between the lines besides the SATA II / SATA III rating. Link to comment
joshpond Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 I didn't end up getting one as they were out of stock so picked up the same EARS drive. Josh Link to comment
furymaster Posted May 28, 2011 Author Share Posted May 28, 2011 I didn't end up getting one as they were out of stock so picked up the same EARS drive. Josh Same here. Got two EARS yesterday, precleared and already in use. Only difference to the existing ones is another change in the serial number, which is now WD20EARS-07 instead of WD20EARS-00 ... same firmware though... Link to comment
Superorb Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Same here. Got two EARS yesterday, precleared and already in use. Only difference to the existing ones is another change in the serial number, which is now WD20EARS-07 instead of WD20EARS-00 ... same firmware though... How long did it take to preclear them? Seems fast, all my 2TB drives take 27+ hours for a single cycle and I always do 3 cycles. Link to comment
furymaster Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 Hi, my EADS took about 26 hours. Seems they got a little bit quicker, as they took about 30 minutes longer a few months ago. And they seem to have better quality - no DOAs this time. Link to comment
Superorb Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Hi, my EADS took about 26 hours. Seems they got a little bit quicker, as they took about 30 minutes longer a few months ago. And they seem to have better quality - no DOAs this time. I wouldn't base their failure rates on your small sample size Link to comment
defected07 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I wouldn't base their failure rates on your small sample size That's what she said! Link to comment
Superorb Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 That's what she said! I never expected to hear that on this forum :lol: Link to comment
Rembro Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I haven't heard of anyone using them with unRAID yet, so if you want to try it out, go ahead. I don't know of any differences between the lines besides the SATA II / SATA III rating. i bought one of these WD20EARX yesterday, is pre-clearing at the moment, but seems to be the same in firmware as my other WD20EARS it's a WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0 51.0AB51 , keep you guys posted for further results Link to comment
Rembro Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 and 541 Power on Hours later i noticed that the total LCC counts (Load Cycle Count's) is a lot lower then the WD20EARS series : 410 counts = 0,75 per hour In comparising to the WD20EARS : 8089 counts for 3380 Power on Hours = 2,4 per hour Can not explain it directly because the firmware is the same version (51.0AB51) Link to comment
DingHo Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Do the EARX drives still need the jumper? Link to comment
neilt0 Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Do the EARX drives still need the jumper? No drives need a jumper as long you are using 4.7 or higher. Link to comment
DingHo Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 I'm still on 4.5.6 (holding out until 5.0 to upgrade). So I guess I'd have to jumper it? Link to comment
Rajahal Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I'm still on 4.5.6 (holding out until 5.0 to upgrade). So I guess I'd have to jumper it? Why not upgrade to 4.7 and stop worrying about jumpers? Seems easier to me. Link to comment
Golfonauta Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 I have one oh this drives working as parity in my 5.0b12 without issues by the moment and it seemed faster than the rest of my drives in the raid (WD20EARS) when generating the parity (so high speeds writing), but I have been unable to find any comparison yet. May the raid save your Data Link to comment
joshpond Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Picked up 4 of these drives the other day (I know about buying in a batch but postage kills here) 2 appear to be DOA. 1 x i used in a media player seems to be fine but i didn't preclear it 1 x I'm clearing now and will let you know if there are any issues 1 x had a screeching noise on boot up put was recognised 1 x didn't get picked up by the BIOS. (tried diff same port as one that is preclearing and diff PC) Now take it with a grain of salt as it could be a btach issue but i also picked up 4 hitachi's a no problems. (They didn't have any more otherwise I would have stuck with hitachi's) Josh edit, the second one passed preclear and is running fine so 2 out of 4 DOA. Link to comment
HAVOC Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Have on as parity and its running like a dream. BTW ran it thru 3 cycles of preclear approx 62 hours with no errors. Link to comment
DingHo Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I'm still on 4.5.6 (holding out until 5.0 to upgrade). So I guess I'd have to jumper it? Why not upgrade to 4.7 and stop worrying about jumpers? Seems easier to me. I'm considering the upgrade to 4.7 or 5.0b14 now. If I already have all my WD20EARS drives with the jumper on them, do I need to remove them before or after upgrading? Or not at all? Link to comment
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