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Old May 3, 2008, 11:17 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Buying a Terabyte drive - suggestions?
So I'm looking to buy a 1TB hard drive to use as a backup to all of my stuff... it might be enough who knows!
I will be using it to store every single byte of data that I can get into it as a backup to my other stuff (so a Ghost image of my vista x64 machine, a copy of all my personal files and more)

I need something reliable reliable reliable

1TB Seagate 32mb 7200.11 - 5yr warranty - 263.46$
1TB Wd Caviar 16mb - 5yr warranty - 227.43
1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 - 3 yr warranty (not valid in Canada??) = 199.99$
1TB Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 - 3yr warranty - 328.99$
1TB Seagate ES.2 - 5yr warranty - 294.12$
1TB Hitachi Ultrastar - 5yr warranty - 369.99$

What is your suggestion and why?
Funny thing is, the one with the best reviews so far is the cheapest one (Samsung)


I'm currently running with a 160gb Raptor, 320gb seagate and a 500gb wd mybook
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Old May 3, 2008, 11:55 AM   #2 (permalink)
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1TB Seagate ES.2 man......

none of those are better in performance or reliability....
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Kris23, you have recommendation for 0.5 TB drive?
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Old May 3, 2008, 12:34 PM   #4 (permalink)
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are you looking for the best reliability?

the Seagate ES.2 500GB is best too, they run cooler and are rated for harsh operations.

if you want GB to $ then the WD SE16 640GB drive is best, pretty fast too i hear even with only 16mb cache
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i'm very fond of my seagate 7200.11's...

500gb or 1tb..
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I do want GB to €
That seagate is a bit too expensive for me... around 100€ in here. And that WD is 80€
When the SE16 500GB is around 66€...
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holly crap... $150 dollars for a 500gb seagate 7200.11?

that's insane..... and i thought our prices were a bit high.
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holly crap... $150 dollars for a 500gb seagate 7200.11?

that's insane..... and i thought our prices were a bit high.
Judas nope, you just were too fast... I meant that ES.2 drive

the 7900.11 is 77€ in here
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the Seagate ES.2 is basically a highly binned 7200.11 with better components....

the reliability goes up 5x apparently
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ES.2 is essentially a enterprise/Business applicated hardrive... made for workstation...

7200.11's are typical home hardrives..

still the 5 year warranty and failure rate are probably relateively good still or similare.
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i think all of those hard drives should remain reliable for at least 3 years, pick which one you like best.
if you like me, i pick the one that i can get it back quickly and without too much hassle if i need to replace it.
5 years waranty is a plus if you plan to use it that long.
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Seagate has an Advanced RMA service that i just remembered.... 20 bucks gets you a prepaid shipping label, upgrade to priority shipping and they send the new drive first.... real good service, cant argue about the price.

used it and got the drive real fast!

but sadly its only US residents though....
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Seagate has an Advanced RMA service that i just remembered.... 20 bucks gets you a prepaid shipping label, upgrade to priority shipping and they send the new drive first.... real good service, cant argue about the price.

used it and got the drive real fast!

but sadly its only US residents though....

sounds like a very weird RMA to me...
I've had a WD bust on my 5 years ago...
I set up the RMA, gave my Visa # ... they shipped me a new hard drive with return postage on it for my busted one
total cost = 0.00$ + tx = 0.00$ (CDN$)
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I didn't think the ES.2 was that much better in terms of reliability ... and to think I had a 500gb ES.2 in my hands just a week ago but gave it away (what the hell???)

I will look into this situation........... Thanks !
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they are built to withstand the harsh conditions of server computing so they are naturally binned higher interms of components....
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