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Brand | Western Digital |
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Series | RE2-GP |
Model | WD1000FYPS |
Packaging | Bare Drive |
Interface | SATA 3.0Gb/s |
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Capacity | 1TB |
RPM | IntelliPower |
Cache | 16MB |
Average Seek Time | 8.9ms |
Average Latency | 5.6ms |
Features | IntelliPower — A fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate and cache size designed to deliver both significant power savings and solid performance. IntelliSeek — Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise, and vibration. IntelliPark — Delivers lower power consumption by automatically unloading the heads during idle to reduce aerodynamic drag. StableTrac — Secures the motor shaft at both ends to reduce system-induced vibration and stabilize platters for accurate tracking, during read and write operations Preemptive Wear Leveling (PWL) — Proactively monitors and prevents magnetic wear during high read/write duty cycle applications. RAID-specific time-limited error recovery (TLER) – This feature, unique to WD, prevents drive fallout caused by the extended hard drive error-recovery processes common to desktop drives. Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF) optimizes operation and performance when the drives are used in vibration-prone multi-drive systems such as rackmounted servers. 1.2 million hours MTBF – The highest available reliability rating on a high-capacity drive. |
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Form Factor | 3.5" |
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Height (maximum) | 1" |
Width (maximum) | 4" |
Length (maximum) | 5.78" |
Date First Available | October 17, 2019 |
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Pros: Quiet, cool, reliable so far. Very quick.
Cons: On spin up, it makes a quick noise which is common for 3.5" drives (sounds like a quick buzz/beep) aside from that silent operation, great drive.
Overall Review: Night Sailor claims this isn't built for a single external setup. I'm not sure why or how he/she got that impression, however this drive is working like a champ all by itself. Simply put, it's built with better components to make it a cooler operator, and a much more successful in RAID arrays where heat matters. But in my opinion less heat and better components is better no matter what the application.