WD ships first 2.5" 1TB hard drive
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Fushigi
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Not mentioned but it looks like it'll be 5400 RPM as the other Scorpio Blue models have that spindle speed.
Regarding the 12.5mm height, that would potentially make for a fine entrant as a server drive as some are now only supporting 2.5" units. However, that spindle speed will likely keep it out of enterprise installations.
I can't really see these drives being used in workstations again due to spindle speed and also the higher cost/GB. Power savings won't make up for the added cost. External USB and the odd notebook with a large drive bay are about the only markets I see off the top of my head. Unless they have a plan to sell a ton of the My Passport units, I have to wonder what WD was smoking.
Regarding the 12.5mm height, that would potentially make for a fine entrant as a server drive as some are now only supporting 2.5" units. However, that spindle speed will likely keep it out of enterprise installations.
I can't really see these drives being used in workstations again due to spindle speed and also the higher cost/GB. Power savings won't make up for the added cost. External USB and the odd notebook with a large drive bay are about the only markets I see off the top of my head. Unless they have a plan to sell a ton of the My Passport units, I have to wonder what WD was smoking.
Meh. I just want a 2-platter 640GB drive or whatever is for sale by mid-September. The 3-platter WD drives are too tall. Only Samsung has achieved 3 platters in the 9.5 mm height and it will probably be quite some time before they have a similar 1GB drive.
Perhaps the humongous notebooks from Alienwares will contain such models as a second drive.
Stereodude
Not really a
I don't think I'd trust a 3 platter 9.5mm height drive, and like you I've got no use for a 12.5mm one...
I have three 500GB Samsung M6 drives in good working order. One of the first three drives exhibited bad sectors upon receipt, but its replacement was fine. POH hours are rather low, so I can't vouch for typical usage patterns.
sechs
Storage? I am Storage!
Western Digital has managed to adapt six-generations-old technology to a form factor that few, if any, can use.
That's genius.
That's genius.
Chewy509
Wotty wot wot.
What about near-line storage in servers, packing 24TB in 2RU would be nice... (assuming a 2RU chassis with 24 hot swap SAS/SATA bays).
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Western Digital: Reinventing the Quantum Bigfoot since 2009.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Er, the issue with the Bigfoot was a combination of the platter size (more head movement needed to reach the edge of the disk) + low rotational speeds (~4200rpm), neither of which would really be an issue in a 5.25" SSD.
There might actually be a market, somewhere, for a cheap high capacity SSD made from slow-ish low capacity memory modules in a 5.25" half height form factor.
There might actually be a market, somewhere, for a cheap high capacity SSD made from slow-ish low capacity memory modules in a 5.25" half height form factor.
We all remember the Slugfoot, especially at 3600 RPM. 
The issue here is the FF, not the speed. The WD should be OK in that department. Their 2-platter drives are usually faster than similar models from other makers.
The issue here is the FF, not the speed. The WD should be OK in that department. Their 2-platter drives are usually faster than similar models from other makers.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
That's because they cheat rotational velocities.
And it also means their dies more often.
Huh? Are the 5400 RPM WD drives faster than that, even the notebook drives? Seagate sells 5900 RPM desktop drives now. Are they all the same?
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Fatwah on Western Digital
For the longest time, WD shipped "5400rpm" drives that actually spun at ~6000rpm, which often meant their 5400rpm drives were competitive with slow 7200rpm models that were maybe a generation older.
I was a big fan of those drives for a while, until they all decided to die on me over a three or four month period.
I'd be shocked if they aren't still doing the same thing.
I was a big fan of those drives for a while, until they all decided to die on me over a three or four month period.
I'd be shocked if they aren't still doing the same thing.
Perhaps so. It looks like WD is going into SAS and also taking advantage of recent Seagate failures.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/29/wd_q409_results/
Howell
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Hey, you get a two for one meaning with that one!