Other 1.5TB drives

[Jay]

hmm

I have a 4 x 500GB RAID 5 that I would like to upgrade to 4 x 2TB RAID 5 (depending on cost)

[arthurleung]

Does anyone have any clues as to when other 1.5TB drives are going to appear?

The current Seagate is incredibly cheap, but it is only rated for desktop use, not in large RAID arrays. I have 5x 500GB drives to replace with 1.5TB drives, but i don't want to use the existing ones, especially as Thecus are having issues with them.

Are there any rumours as to when other models are going to be available? What about other manufacturers?

Thanks.

Unit 1 (Controller ID 0)
Status OK
Name ST1500
Serial # 9VS06****6A62C001C9F
Capacity 4.09 TB
Type RAID 5
Stripe 256kB
Volumes 1
Subunits 4

4 ST31500341AS 1.36 TB 9VS0**** SD17 1 OK
5 ST31500341AS 1.36 TB 9VS0**** SD17 1 OK
6 ST31500341AS 1.36 TB 9VS0**** SD17 1 OK
7 ST31500341AS 1.36 TB 9VS0**** SD17 1 OK

Unlike everyone on the net who is saying the Seagate 1.5TB is not working or whatever, it worked suprisingly well on my other fileserver (3Ware 9550SX-8LP). Have been running for just over a month, no dropouts or lagging.

I'm also waiting for the WD 2TB drive

[Funkstar]

Unlike everyone on the net who is saying the Seagate 1.5TB is not working or whatever, it worked suprisingly well on my other fileserver (3Ware 9550SX-8LP). Have been running for just over a month, no dropouts or lagging.

I'm also waiting for the WD 2TB drive

But there are real issues with these drive in Thecus NAS boxes:
http://forums.hexus.net/thecus-care-...b-seagate.html
http://forums.hexus.net/thecus-care-...te-drives.html

[Funkstar]

So CES has been and gone.

Anyone seen anything about new large drives?

[Funkstar]

Ah ha!

Western Digital about to ship 2TB Caviar Green hard drive?



Looks like what I'm after

[kosgi]

Ah ha!

Western Digital about to ship 2TB Caviar Green hard drive?

Looks like what I'm after

That will be my next buy!! I got 1tb Sammy but it seems to be filling up very-very fast..