Discussions about wd green drives

WD Green Drives no good for QNAP's?? I've been investigating which HDD's to buy for a QNAP and stumbled across this thread http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/vi ... hp?t=51401 Basically it identifies a (potential?) problem with WD Green HDDs & Linux in particular. Seems the WD drives park... Started by shake-the-disease on Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 15 posts by 10 people.   Read the full thread at qnap Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at qnap): FWIW I bought a WD green drive fully aware of the 3 factors I listed above being in play. 1) The issue with WD green drives is still there, evidence strongly suggests drive. At other HD manufacturers.

Hard drive recommendation?: WD Caviar Green vs. WD Caviar Black I'm looking for two 2TB drives to house my Lightroom images. I know the WD Caviar Green is a slower, quieter and cheaper alternative to the WD Caviar Black. The Green only has a 2 yr warranty, while the Black has a 5 yr warranty. The Black costs about... Started by dwnelson on Monday, January 30, 2012, 13 posts by 10 people.   Read the full thread at luminous-landscape Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at luminous-landscape): In term of my own use, I've found that green drives run cooler and of the 10 or so WD drives I've had.... Given my image library is the most. Are basically drives that WD will warrant for longer than Green.

WD Green EZRX 3TB Drives from Mwave - $199ea and they raid fine! Http://www.mwave.com.au/sku-22040450...SATA_6_0Gb_s_3 So after seeing a friend buy 6 of these (above) for a Raid0 array I thought I might try them aswell. Now I have 4 of these but I run mine off the onboard raid controller, it seems that they're pretty... Started by Jaco on Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 15 posts by 11 people.   Read the full thread at overclockers Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at overclockers): How about some Seagate non green drives from NetPlus also Just a personal.... 80% of my WD Green (1TB/2TB) drives have! and soRAID0 on green drives? What the... Oh wait none of my Seagates have died. Seagates.

WD External Drives WD External Drives Has anyone used the new WD20EARX or WD25EZRX? I am looking for a new WD drive and with the current drive shortage I am curious what people are currently starting to use. Thanks! Started by sammytv on Sunday, January 22, 2012, 15 posts by 8 people.   Read the full thread at dbstalk Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at dbstalk): Thank you or WD25EZRX? I am looking for a new WD drive and with the current drive shortage I am curious whatThere are.... Worked Flawlessly and I would recommend them to anyone who can't get the WD Green AV Drives. Related shopping results:

Drive Upgrades - WD20EARS-00MVWB1 WD Caviar Green 2TB Hi All, I have a query. I bought 2 of these 2TB green drives (WD20EARS-00MVWB1 WD Caviar Green 2TB). I know there is a lot of complaints about them, but they are a very decent price and that capacity is just what I need as I run out of space on my 1TB... Started by thekuttingedge on Sunday, January 01, 2012, 13 posts by 5 people.   Read the full thread at readynas Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at readynas): You should backup your data now and keep the 1TB drives for a while the network to an external .... However it's not good for the drives or the NAS to regularly swap the disks. Yes you can power down and put the old drives back in.

Dell wants to give me a WD Green drive for a RAID5 server? I have a dell poweredge server at work that's running RAID5 with Seagate ES-series drives, but with no hot spare. So, I thought I'd get Dell on the horn and see if I could get an additional drive and hotswap tray. Well...the answer is...sort of. Dell ... Started by Force Flow on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 11 posts by 7 people.   Read the full thread at pcmech Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at pcmech): If and when prices get back to normal.... I put a 2 TB WD Green in my DVR...you're not kidding about being slow. They are slow. So if the drive OEM. drives? additionally, for a manufacturer, support is usually not transferable.

Those using WD Green HDDs in raid5/6, how are they holding up after 1+ year? Curious to see how your guys drives are doing. I built a 6 disk raid5 setup with WD Green 2tb drives, 1x EACS, 3x EADS & 2x EARS. mdadm raid5 works great, generally saw 450 MB/s read and 250 ~ 300 MB/s write. However, 3 out of 6 of the drives have died... Started by ziggo0 on Thursday, January 19, 2012, 17 posts by 11 people.   Read the full thread at hardforum Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at hardforum): @OP: Recently, the larger WD Green and Black drives have had massive-class drives are very reliable. They are just 5400RPM drives, just fyi.

So the WD 3.5 green is more quiet than 2.5? If I want the most quiet mechanical HD storage, is it 3.5 WD green or 2.5 ? http://www.silentpcreview.com/wd-black750-blue1tb WD Scorpio Black 750GB & Scorpio Blue 1TB WD Scorpio Blue 1TB WD10JPVT July 2011 firmware 01.01A01 8 Idle 15 0.89 W (0.75 W heads... Started by NeilBlanchard on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 14 posts by 6 people.   Read the full thread at silentpcreview Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at silentpcreview): I wouldn't recommend the WD Green as a drive not an.... It's not a night/day that 2tb is the most I can boot from on a bios system . In idle, there's no question the WD Green 3.5" is quieter. That of a 3.5" drive.

Comments on WD Caviar WD20EARX and Seagate Green ST2000DL003 and ST2000DM001 Comments on WD Caviar WD20EARX and Seagate Green ST2000DL003 and ST2000DM001 Hi guys, I'm in the market for a new drive as I need one and can't let the price hike stop me. I'm trying to decide between the: > Western Digital Caviar WD20EARX: 5900 - ... Started by Swift-wp on Monday, January 30, 2012, 15 posts by 7 people.   Read the full thread at za Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at za): Originally Posted by Qwikslver; Yachimichi > Yong-Lec .... There will essentially be 3 players: Seagate, WD and Toshiba (2.5" and small form factor drives into their experiences with any of these drives? I'd take the WD.

WD Caviar Green - 2TB After speaking to technical support and hearing of their surprise I thought I'd pop a post on here... Just wanted to inform people that I've been running my ReadyNAS 'Duo' with Western Digital's new 2Tb Caviar Green SATA drive quite happily for 2 weeks... Started by randymch on Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 15 posts by 9 people.   Read the full thread at readynas Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at readynas): Since this drive is marketed for stand upgrade and HCL will.... Testimonials | GPL Can I use WD Caviar Green - 2TB HDDs in RAID confuguration as a mirror? This is what these drives to better participate in a RAID configuration.