August 21, 200817 yr It looks like these 1 TB drives are available from several places at similar prices, but in case the others run out of stock you might find them there. It looks like the Cavalry drives are actually Western Digital WD10EACS drives. This $129.99 price includes free shipping. http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=206895079&adid=17654&dcaid=17654
August 21, 200817 yr 16MB Cache... $10 more for the Seagate w/32 from ZZF (Not sure the average UnRAID will notice a difference). SW2
August 21, 200817 yr Author Yeah, I doubt you'd notice the difference between 32 MB and 16 MB cache with unRAID. You may appreciate the greater power efficiency of WD's "Green" drives though. http://www.wdc.com/en/products/greenpower/index.asp
August 22, 200817 yr Bought two. I already have three of these drives, and there is a temperature difference of about 7C between these drives and my other drives.
August 22, 200817 yr 16MB Cache... $10 more for the Seagate w/32 from ZZF (Not sure the average UnRAID will notice a difference). SW2 Plus the Seagate comes with a 5-year warranty. That is the primary reason all new drives going into my unRAID server are Seagates (aside from the additional cache). Still a pretty darn good deal on a TB drive though. Prices are definitely coming down.
August 22, 200817 yr Anyone have any idea of which version these are? WD10EACS-32ZJB0 WD10EACS-00ZJB0 WD10EACS-00D6B0 Six months ago the WD GP I got were all 00ZJBO. BestBuy had a sell back in late May/early June and I got one then ($169+tax) that turned out to be the 00D6B0, which is the three platter version - a bit better performer and a better at power usage.
September 25, 200817 yr Author Update: Buy.com now has them on sale for $119.99. http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=205083228&adid=17654&dcaid=17654
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