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cynan wrote:Is there any possible validity to the theory that higher RPM drivers are more robust on average, b/c they are both designed to run at higher speed, and if there is an issue, are more likely to fail in QC prior to making it out of the factory (as they would be tested at higher spindle speeds)?
Synchromesh wrote:I've worked with tons of different laptop 2.5 disks and can tell you that only mechanical drives I would buy for my own laptop are WD or in worst case scenario - Seagate. Everything else is pure crap. Hitachi and Toshiba were quite awful. HGST is pretty new so haven't had much experience with them.
just brew it! wrote:http://techreport.com/news/25940/hard-d ... ames-namesHitachi Global Storage Technologies is not new.
SuperSpy wrote:
Deanjo wrote:I would say that the gxp's were more of an anomaly in an otherwise long history of reliable drives.
just brew it! wrote:As part of the deal, WD was forced to spin off HGST's 3.5" desktop business to Toshiba to keep the anti-trust regulators happy.
curtisb wrote:just brew it! wrote:As part of the deal, WD was forced to spin off HGST's 3.5" desktop business to Toshiba to keep the anti-trust regulators happy.
This isn't entirely correct. It was regulatory driven, but WD didn't sell them the entire 3.5" business. They divested certain assets of the 3.5" drive business to Toshiba to allow Toshiba to continue making 3.5" drives. HGST still makes 3.5" drives to this day.
http://www.wdc.com/en/company/pressroom ... 66d18526ab
just brew it! wrote:My understanding was that they were pulling back from the 3.5" desktop market, and focusing on the enterprise/NAS market with their 3.5" offerings.
Milo Burke wrote:- Red is more carefully balanced, to reduce vibration
- Red has a longer warranty, probably binned parts over the Green
MaxTheLimit wrote:Milo Burke wrote:- Red is more carefully balanced, to reduce vibration
- Red has a longer warranty, probably binned parts over the Green
The binning is something I suspected, and if true is probably key in considering Greens or Reds.
just brew it! wrote:Deanjo wrote:I would say that the gxp's were more of an anomaly in an otherwise long history of reliable drives.
Indeed. In fact, after the GXP fiasco they were a tremendous bang for the buck for a few years. My suspicion was that they dropped their prices to win back market share.
My current home file server has 4 Hitachi drives in it. All of them have in excess of 40,000 power-on hours, with two of them approaching 50,000. I have a number of other Hitachi drives in various desktops and external eSATA enclosures. In the past 10 years, I do not believe I have ever had a Hitachi 3.5" drive fail; they get taken out of service when they become obsolete (i.e. when I swap them out for larger drives). The 4 in the server are about due for replacement (actually, I plan to replace the entire server).