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Manufacturer Warranty
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- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years
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Return Policies
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- Return for refund within: 30 days
- Return for replacement within: 30 days
- Restocking Fee: Yes
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High Failure rate
- Pros: Great warranty
- Cons: You will need it! I have never had so many drive failures in suxh a short period of time! Fro 15 years all I have bought in my business is WD drives becouse of their reliability! What the H3LL is going on with WD? Quality has gone right out the window! I am in a delima going foward on what to buy for my clients going foward!
- Other Thoughts: I hope they straighten out their issues, it is tough to run a business, when you spind all your time replacing RMA drives for free.
So Far So Good
- Pros: Very fast and very quiet drives. The magazines find these drives the fastest in their class, and my experience suggests that to be correct. I've been running 200 GB on each drive RAID 1 (for reliability) and the remainder RAID 0 (for storage efficiency and speed). So far not a glitch. Inside an Antec case, they are inaudible below the case fans, and the case fans are very quiet.
- Cons: Cost is the obvious downside.
- Other Thoughts: The Newegg packing job was definitely sub-standard. The drives came two together in bubble wrap, with nothing in between, so they could bang together, inside a box filled with peanuts. The UPS guy dropped the box, and the drives were peeking out through a corner when I received them. No other vendor I have purchased drives from (a half-dozen or so) has done such a shoddy packing job. NEWEGG, YOU NEED TO PACK EACH DRIVE IN A MANUFACTURER APPROVED DRIVE BOX.
17 mounths, 100% failure rate
- Pros: Lots of storage
- Cons: Purchased 3 drives to use in a RAID 5 array 17 months ago. Had to RMA one drive with WD after about 6 months. Just finished RMAing the other two this week after successive drive failures.
- Other Thoughts: Hope WD has worked out the bugs on thier larger size drives.
| Model |
| Brand |
Western Digital |
| Series |
RE2 |
| Model |
WD5000ABYS |
| Packaging |
Bare Drive |
| Performance |
| Interface |
SATA 3.0Gb/s |
| Capacity |
500GB |
| RPM |
7200 RPM |
| Cache |
16MB |
| Average Seek Time |
8.9ms |
| Average Latency |
4.2ms |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
3.5" |
| Features |
| Features |
Reliability in high duty cycle environments - Utilizing enterprise-class manufacturing processes, these drives are designed with enhanced reliability in a 24x7, high duty cycle environment.
Built to last - Made for years of high-performance operation around the clock. Reliability demonstration testing indicates a mean time between failure (MTBF) of one million hours.
RAID-specific time limited error recovery - Improves error handling coordination with RAID adapters and prevents drive fallout caused by extended drive error-recovery processes.
Fluid dynamic bearing (FDB) motor - Improves hard drive reliability; reduces heat, vibration, and noise.
Improved power controller - Consumes less power and generates low heat.
Hot plug support - Allows swapping of hard drives without having to power down the system or reboot; promotes system design flexibility, data availability, and serviceability.
Backplane compatibility - Uses the SATA industry standard connector which includes alignment ears and 3-stage electrical mating sequence, designed specifically for backplanes and hot pluggability.
SATA latching connector - Provides a secure connection between the hard drive and the cable connector via a locking latch mechanism. |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
3 years limited |
| Labor |
3 years limited |
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Reviewed By: newnanpc on 12/26/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: more than 1 year
