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Bradley H.

Bradley H.

Joined on 08/06/01

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Four month life span

Hitachi GST Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3030ALA630 (0F12460) 3TB 5700 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Hitachi GST Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3030ALA630 (0F12460) 3TB 5700 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: When functional, was on-par performance wise with any of my 1.5TB-2TB drives.

Cons: After four months began having numerous bad blocks, hit the SMART failure thresholds, and transfer rate dropped to under 50kb/s. It took me a month at those rates, but at least I was able to recover my data, finally. It goes in for RMA tomorrow.

Overall Review: Shortest life-span I've had of any drive I've bought in the last ten years.

Very poor fit

Rosewill Sliding Chassis Rail Kit - 26" Inches  3-Section For Server Chassis (Adjustable 26" to 51" Depth) Server Case / Rackmount Case - RSV-R28LX
Rosewill Sliding Chassis Rail Kit - 26" Inches 3-Section For Server Chassis (Adjustable 26" to 51" Depth) Server Case / Rackmount Case - RSV-R28LX

Pros: - With effort it can be made to fit

Cons: - Very poor out-of-spec fit to rack - Very poor stability

Overall Review: Paired as recommended by the manufacturer with a Rosewill RSV-L4412U case. This rail does NOT fit in a standard 19" rack when following the provided instructions--there is not enough clearance for the case to fit in the rails. Rearranging the rails so the ears mount on the interior of the rack can allow the case to fit. Once it does, however, the fit between the rack ears and outer rails is poor, leading to them twisting easily as the connection between the ear sections and outer rails is very unstable. At one point it twisted enough that the inner rail completely slipped out of the outer rail. It can be made to work, just very poorly.