Forum: Homebuilt PC's
October 20th 20, 08:15 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,368
"Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q3 2020"
On 2020-10-20 at 12:01:11 MDT, "Lynn McGuire" wrote:
"Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q3 2020"
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q3-2020/
Thanks...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
May 13th 20, 09:48 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,573
"Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q1 2020"
Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 5/13/2020 1:19 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
On 5/12/20 6:27 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
"Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q1 2020"
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
February 15th 19, 02:17 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,824
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
January 27th 19, 02:10 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,392
Which drive would you get?
Yousuf Khan wrote:
The question is is the 256MB cache a bigger advantage than the 7200RPM
rotation?
I don't know, and it would probably depend on whether you were...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
January 26th 19, 08:37 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,392
Which drive would you get?
Yousuf Khan wrote:
One choice of drives is a 5900 RPM 256MB cache. The other is a 7200 RPM
64MB cache.
Where and how will it be used? For most applications, the...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
September 15th 18, 07:42 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,361
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
August 9th 18, 06:07 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 72
Views: 3,494
"Why I Will Never Buy a Hard Drive Again"
VanguardLH wrote:
Ever look at the cost of a 2TB or 4TB SSD? Ouch!!!
Note the phrase "boots from" in the Tom's Hardware clip. Run system and
apps from a modestly sized SSD and...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
November 8th 17, 12:15 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 7
Views: 933
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
October 13th 17, 04:13 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,099
WD 12 TB hard drive for $604
wrote:
On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:36:40 -0500, Lynn McGuire
wrote:
You can now buy a 12 Tb drive for $604:
Newegg:
WD Gold: $540
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
October 6th 17, 02:36 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,014
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 8th 17, 08:45 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,009
new WD Blue SSD 500 GB drive for $150
Lynn McGuire wrote:
Has anyone tried the new WD Blue SSD 500 GB drive for $150 ? I have a WD
1 TB Caviar Black at home but I am ready for SSD speed.
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
July 11th 17, 05:30 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,002
WD Green sleep timeout
Ed Light wrote:
Are they kind of noisy?
More noise, vibration, and heat than the 5400rpm drives, but it varies
quite a bit depending on the capacity. I have a Black 1TB that...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
July 6th 17, 01:32 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,002
WD Green sleep timeout
Tom Del Rosso wrote:
The WD Greens used to have a timeout of about 10 seconds, and they only
had a DOS utility to change it. What's the state of...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
March 20th 17, 11:14 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 2
Views: 550
Format of "Enterprise" drives
Lynn McGuire wrote:
Aren't all of the current drives 4K byte sectors ?
Nope, but I'm pretty sure all hardware and OS/file systems have been
able to handle 4k disks for...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
February 3rd 17, 11:22 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 2
Views: 888
Now WD is selling 1 TB SSD drives
Lynn McGuire wrote:
Now WD is selling 1 TB SSD drives for $260:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LXPENRR/
Good price, less than an Intel 1 TB SSD for...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
February 3rd 17, 09:12 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,555
"Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2016"
Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
The different failure rates for the Seagate ST4000DM000 and ST4000DX000
are interesting.
There's a significant difference in average age...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
January 4th 17, 04:09 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,359
WD external 6 TB USB drive DOA
James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
I bought 6 black drives from them, and almost all of them failed, some
twice. They just overheated, all the bloody time.
Blacks run hot....
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
January 4th 17, 04:09 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,359
WD external 6 TB USB drive DOA
Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
I thought I had read that WD's "Green" drives were being discontinued.
They have been. Blue is the new Green. The only remaining 7200rpm Blue
is...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
December 1st 16, 12:30 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,173
Western Digital Red?
Yousuf Khan wrote:
So 5000's would have the same amount of data/inch as 7200's.
For the same generation of drives, yes. Over time, the "areal density"
of hard drives...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
November 26th 16, 07:00 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,200
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
November 11th 16, 09:13 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 8
Views: 696
What are good 2TB drives these days?
Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
Some of the negative reviews on NewEgg and Amazon are because of the
vendor's slip-ups. And you name any brand, there are reviewers who will
...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
November 9th 16, 07:16 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 8
Views: 696
What are good 2TB drives these days?
Yousuf Khan wrote:
I got a 1TB drive in my system. It's had some recoverable bad sectors on
it already, and it's getting a little full anyways. So thinking of
...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 2nd 16, 11:01 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,022
"Hard Drive Stats for Q2 2016"
Lynn McGuire wrote:
I am continuing to stay away from Seagates for now. WDC are beginning
" to worry me also. Of course, Backblaze is a very harsh
environment.
Also note the...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
July 22nd 16, 10:59 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 3
Views: 381
Seagate's new drives -- up to 10TB
Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/barracuda/
When did it become BarraCuda? Do you say it the way Heart does in the
song?
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
May 18th 16, 10:18 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,291
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