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Robert G.

Robert G.

Joined on 04/19/05

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So far so good

HGST Ultrastar 7K3000 HUA723030ALA640 (0F12456) 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Enterprisel Hard Drive Bare Drive
HGST Ultrastar 7K3000 HUA723030ALA640 (0F12456) 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Enterprisel Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: performs as advertised. huge increase in read/write speeds. no DOA's

Cons: high price but thats what you have to expect for bleeding edge.

Overall Review: Purchased 5 drives to use in a NAS in RAID 10 environment. Pushed 3TB worth of data to all drives over the weekend with no issues. Drives have been powered for > 1 week.

10/12/2011
Seagate FreeAgent Desk 1TB USB 2.0 3.5" External Hard Drive ST310005FDA2E1-RK Silver
Seagate FreeAgent Desk 1TB USB 2.0 3.5" External Hard Drive ST310005FDA2E1-RK Silver

Pros: Works as advertised. Using in a open air environment. 2+ months and no issues yet. Has completed 4 full backups of 800+GB's. Used daily as a media drive

Cons: USB2 is a little slow during transfers.