[mythtv-users] 1TB+ drive recommendation?

[Tom Lichti]

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Bobby Gill <brownitus at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Are you sure?  The EADS packages continues to lack the gigantic warning
>> paragraph mentioning the WD Align tool and Advanced Format.  I think only
>> the EARS drives have that paragraph on their label.
>>
>> It seems to me EADS continues to use 512 byte sectors.  Why would they not
>> put a warning about "advanced format drives"?  Even the AV-GP drive is
>> missing it.  I'm assuming lack of paragraph means no 4k sectors.
>>
>
> Yup, it is the EARS drives that use the Advanced Format with 4k sectors, I
> was just reading several reviews on them after seeing the 1TB EARS on
> Amazon.
>
>>
>> As for the original question, I'll be getting a WD Green drive for my next
>> drive.  My seagates (1.5 TB and 500 GB) have been firmware issue free, but
>> they are so blazing hot at 7200 rpm that one of them registered a SMART
>> high
>> of 61 C.  That's the very top of the spec, but still much hotter than I'd
>> like.
>>
>> If you have sufficient cooling, your options are wide open (WD Black,
>> Seagate 7200.12, etc) but if you're packing your backend drives into a
>> mini-tower case, it's probably best to get a cooler drive in the WD Green.
>>
>
> Indeed this will be for my Antec 900 desktop/FE, all drives on it currently
> run very quiet and cool (quick hddtemp just now shows hottest one at 30C). I
> do think I will go for the 1.5TB Green drive, I can't justify paying $99 for
> the 1TB when another 500GB is only $15 more...

I have a pair of the WD 1.5TB Green drives in my DL-323 NAS and they
have been working great so far. I do notice that the first access
takes a few seconds as they spin up, but other than that, no issues.

Tom