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Your cart is empty.WESTERN DIGITAL 1TB RE4 SATA3 7.2K RPM 3.5IN HARD DISK DRIVE. NON-CANCELLABLE AND NON-RETURNABLE
alnova
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2024
Hard Drive Tests Good
AB.Digital
Reviewed in Canada on January 15, 2022
Both drives spin, i can hear the cling cling but will not show up in Windows. Same cables, same ports, same machine when I plug my old drive it works fine shows up ok. Both are dead. Waste of time
Adriancwl
Reviewed in Spain on March 24, 2020
Disco muy ruidoso, que ademas ha durado justamente 1 mes y 1 semana, indica que tiene sectores defectuosos y el disco no funciona, dejando el pc "colgado".
kjbender
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2016
Exactly as it should be...easy to install, fast and reliable. Used a couple of these to upgrade our servers in RAID config. Installation was smooth and the drives are working fine.
R.T.D.
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2014
We have many, many Western Digital HDDs in our office LAN. We do have a few (C-gate) and a few (HIT-achi) as well. No Sam - sung. (Amaz-on hates it when you use brand names.) All things considered, the WD gives us the best longevity (life span). That might seem at first to be a non-valid judgement criteria. Well, in my defense, a HDD loss to me means a potential data loss - as not is in a RAID and not every thing is contained in a Back-Up.Disk Cache is RAM memory inside the drive. This particular drive is only SATAII which means (3GB/s) data transfer - or bandwidth, BUT it does have 64MB of Cache. This makes for a good balance in my opinion, because (and I may be wrong) the time from when a processor sends a command and gets its info back isn't solely the SATA speed (3GB/s instead of 6GB/s (SATAIII)).San-Disk puts it this way; "SATA II (revision 2.x) interface, formally known as SATA 3Gb/s, is a second generation SATA interface running at 3.0 Gb/s. The bandwidth throughput, which is supported by the interface, is up to 300MB/s.SATA III (revision 3.x) interface, formally known as SATA 6Gb/s, is a third generation SATA interface running at 6.0Gb/s. The bandwidth throughput, which is supported by the interface, is up to 600MB/s. This interface is backwards compatible with SATA 3 Gb/s interface."So the slow-down is far more likely to be the HDD Actuator Arm waving around the platter so the head can find what it is looking for.*If this wasn't an issue, why would there be all the fuss and programs about defragging your HDD???*Look at it this way. A typical disk cache for a 1 terabyte hard drive is 32 megabytes (note this WD has 64MB), while a 2 TB hard drive may have a 64 MB cache. This small amount of RAM can make a big difference in the drive's performance. For example, when you open a folder with a large number of files, the references to the files may be automatically saved in the disk cache. The next time you open the folder, the list of files may load instantly instead of taking several seconds to appears. So don't underestimate the importance (or performance) of the HDD cache.So SATAII is 3 *Gigabytes* per second (Gbit/s). To put this in perspective, your 4GLTE cellphone only has a bandwidth of 100 *Megabits* (Mbit/s) when you are moving (car, train, bus, plane). But does jump up to 1 Gbit/s when you are stationary. (With a 10MPH wind from N/NE, some slight precipitation, and it is Tuesday.) Your mileage may vary.
K. Rayman
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2014
Purchased for a Windows Home Server.Love Western Digital Black and RE drives. I have never had one fail on me. These drives are meant to run 24/7. Standard desktop drives are designed to run an average of 8 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you use a standard drive in a system that is running 24 hours a day, expect a premature failure. If your system has critical data or runs more than 16 hours a day, you should consider an enterprise level drive. The WD Black, RE, and Velociraptor are all good dependable drives that will last for years. I have a WD Black drive running now for 6 years with no errors and no bad sectors.
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