July 27, 201114 yr Can't vouch for them as merchants (I haven't ordered from them myself), but they do sell through Amazon which gives some credibility. http://vnnphim.org/store/product_info.php?c=789&n=493964&i=B002ZCXK0I&x=Western_Digital_2_TB_Caviar_Green_SATA_II_Intellipower_64_MB_Cache_Bulk_OEM_Desktop_Hard_Drive_WD20EARS Slightly better deal than Amazon has at the moment ($75 I think). If it were me, I'd probably go with Amazon's reputable service, but thought I'd share in case people would rather save the $5.
July 28, 201114 yr I had two of these drives in my array and they sucked. I removed one and the second one is next up. They were slow and started developing smart errors after a month. Avoid at all costs.
July 28, 201114 yr I had two of these drives in my array and they sucked. I removed one and the second one is next up. They were slow and started developing smart errors after a month. Avoid at all costs. I agree that WDEARS aren't the best drives on the market today (Hitachi CoolSpins are), but I don't think they suck either. They have the lowest power consumption of all the green drives and they are just as fast as the Hitachis. The only reason that I might start avoiding them is the high LCC count issue that arises if you don't run wdiddle on them.
July 29, 201114 yr I had two of these drives in my array and they sucked. I removed one and the second one is next up. They were slow and started developing smart errors after a month. Avoid at all costs. Agreed - biggest POS drive I ever bought. Avoid at all costs. I HATE WD low end drives after my experience with this junk. Sure I'd take a WD black in my workstation, but not one of their green drives in my server.
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