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    Smile 1.5TB-2TB Hard Drive

    I am going to be backing up my media collection, so with them being large files, around 5GB on average, I am going to need alot of space. I am looking at around 1.5TB or 2TB which doesnt cost the earth and is relatively quiet, performance isnt a huge factor as it is simply storage, with occasional viewing of the files. Which is the best drive you guys would suggest for this? Internal HDD btw.

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    Re: 1.5TB-2TB Hard Drive

    As it's for storage, a 5400RPM drive would do nicely, WD Green 1.5TB is what I would recommend. ~£83 works out at 5.5p per 1GB of storage.

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    Re: 1.5TB-2TB Hard Drive

    Highly recommend the WD EARDS line of drives. I have 4x 1.5TBs in a RAID-5 array. I did have three Samsung F2 drives previously, but they kept dropping randomly from the array, I couldn't even complete a full long format without errors. They have been relegated to offline backups now.

    I'll be adding another 4x 1.5TBs in the next few months.

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    Re: 1.5TB-2TB Hard Drive

    Quote Originally Posted by Funkstar View Post
    Highly recommend the WD EARDS line of drives. I have 4x 1.5TBs in a RAID-5 array. I did have three Samsung F2 drives previously, but they kept dropping randomly from the array, I couldn't even complete a full long format without errors. They have been relegated to offline backups now.

    I'll be adding another 4x 1.5TBs in the next few months.
    What card(s) are you using - or are you using an on-board controller or OS based RAID?

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    Re: 1.5TB-2TB Hard Drive

    Quote Originally Posted by Funkstar View Post
    Highly recommend the WD EARDS line of drives. I have 4x 1.5TBs in a RAID-5 array. I did have three Samsung F2 drives previously, but they kept dropping randomly from the array, I couldn't even complete a full long format without errors. They have been relegated to offline backups now.

    I'll be adding another 4x 1.5TBs in the next few months.


    That is a LOT of porn. I salute you.

    I have two 1.5tb samsung drives. the HD154UI model samsung which I use as mainly offline back ups. They work well, but I had to RMA an earlier one as it was faulty.

    TBH, I tend to stick to the next-to-biggest size for HDDs. When 1tb drives came out, the first one of them I ever bought was knackered. Then, when I got my first 1.5tb, that was knackered too.

    Now, my server has 1tb drives in it (next-to-biggest behind the 1.5 and 2tb drives) and I regard them as my "stable", safe drives.

    Yeah, it's superstitious, but there's an economic aspect to it as well, obviosuly: once the "biggest" sizes get cheaper, then they've also had time to iron out any kinks.
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    Re: 1.5TB-2TB Hard Drive

    Quote Originally Posted by Shooty* View Post
    TBH, I tend to stick to the next-to-biggest size for HDDs. When 1tb drives came out, the first one of them I ever bought was knackered. Then, when I got my first 1.5tb, that was knackered too.
    That theory doesn't bode well for me at all just bought one of the new 2TB Samsungs! Just hope you just had bad luck and I've got very good luck!

    Quote Originally Posted by Shooty* View Post
    Yeah, it's superstitious, but there's an economic aspect to it as well, obviosuly: once the "biggest" sizes get cheaper, then they've also had time to iron out any kinks.
    £125 is a fairly good deal for a quality 2TB HDD in my book!

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    Re: 1.5TB-2TB Hard Drive

    I am currently a fan of the 1.5TB Samsungs. They run virtually silent and noticeably cooler than the older 7200rpm 1TB drives. I've read that they are faster than the WD EcoGreens, and I can concur they are nice and quick, no speed disadvantage from the low RPMs. To top it off when I bought mine they were cheaper than the WD ones too. Great for your needs, quiet and cool. Only question would be whether to go for 2TB drives if you are limited by number of physical drives you can get... I am very curious about the F3 2 TB Samsung drives too for when I run out of space...

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    Re: 1.5TB-2TB Hard Drive

    I've got two F2 Eco drives. 1TB and 1.5TB. They tick all boxes as individual storage drive (quiet, cool, no speed demons but perfectly adequate for media access). Never used them in an array though.

    WD Eco drives are pretty tried and tested though. Still, the reason went for Samsung was because of this tread: http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums...er=asc&start=0

    In fairness, I've not heard masses of horror stories involving WD Eco drives dying left and right so it's probably a non issue. But at the time, the drive was too new for me to be sure, and combined with the lower price of the Samsung, it did it for me.
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    Re: 1.5TB-2TB Hard Drive

    Quote Originally Posted by Shooty* View Post
    That is a LOT of porn. I salute you.
    People still download Pr0n as opposed to streaming it. How very odd....

    I tend to do the same with drives and buy the size down from the largest available. The exception was when I started what became my array of 1TB drives. 1TB was the largest drive for a long time, and prices were pretty good for them.

    Once I add the four extra 1.5TB drives to my second array, I should have enough storage to last until 3TB+ drives are reasonably priced. Unless I get carried away with 'archiving' HD content

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    Re: 1.5TB-2TB Hard Drive

    Quote Originally Posted by Funkstar View Post
    Once I add the four extra 1.5TB drives to my second array, I should have enough storage to last until 3TB+ drives are reasonably priced. Unless I get carried away with 'archiving' HD content
    Same here, that where my space has disappeared to.

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    Re: 1.5TB-2TB Hard Drive

    Just an FYI
    If you do get an EARS drive, you should read this as given to me by &roo
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    Re: 1.5TB-2TB Hard Drive

    Surely if it's a drive for storage, you'd want the cheapest price per GB of storage no?

    2TB drives aren't cheap enough atm IMO. 1.5TB drives seem to be the cheapest price per GB storage right now.

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    Re: 1.5TB-2TB Hard Drive

    Yes 2tb are slightly more expensive than would be right for the capacity point. But only around £10-20 more so. So not too bad.

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