Yup, provide some SSD type performance, coupled with large space of a hard drive, at a price of a hard drive.This is probably why the Fusion drive was invented in the first place.
Yup, provide some SSD type performance, coupled with large space of a hard drive, at a price of a hard drive.This is probably why the Fusion drive was invented in the first place.
Have you guys looked at the latest Western Digital Black 5 and 6 TB drives? Those almost max out SATA 2. Those are the only hard drives I would use since they are so fast!
If using this spec:
http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-771434.pdf
I calculate speeds pretty much in the middle of SATA II. Still incredibly fast for a hard drive, but I'm wondering if you're referring to a newer model.
Even with an SSD, I have never had more than 230MB/s on SATA 2.
Even with an SSD, I have never had more than 230MB/s on SATA 2. With those WD drives, I get a sustained at 190-200MB/s. How is that "in the middle" of SATA 2? Normal hard drives (around 100MB/s) is more "in the middle".
That spec sheet shows 191 MB/s for the 5TB model, and 218 MB/s for the 6TB model. That is just about as fast as an SSD on SATA 2, as on many computers have not gotten higher than 230MB/s
FYI: SanDisk was bought by Western Digital. Does this mean "super hybrids" are in the near future????![]()
I wouldn't think that.I'd think the vast majority of people don't need anymore than 240GB of storage
No, but it means that WD realizes that they need to expand the offerings, because hard drives are not the future.FYI: SanDisk was bought by Western Digital. Does this mean "super hybrids" are in the near future????![]()
When I used to have computers with mechanical hard-drives, I have at least one broke every year.
I have a drobo and I have to replace one of its drives every year or two at the least. I have had external drives not lasting even 3 months, and a replacement crapped out in less than a month. I have enough with mechanical drives.
Now, my laptop and all my external drives are SSD.
Interestingly, the only hard drive that is still ticking is an old 2GB drive. It's super slow, but it is still running.
I shivered looking at 3-6TB mechanical hard drives. Imagine what would you do if it craps out and you have to recover that amount of data.
I only used Western Digital or Seagate for internal drives, and Toshiba, WD, and Seagate for external. And please, no name hard-drives? As if you can actually buy no-name ones. There are only a few hard-drive mfg out there.What does the manufacture say with that many warranty hard drives? Or were you using el cheapo no name hard drives with less than the standard 3-5 year warranty?
Also whats the difference between losing data on a mechanical hard drive vs a solid state drive? Regardless BOTH require a backup if the data is important so there isn't much difference.
I wouldn't think that.
How could you regress to 240gb after having 500gb and 1 tb for years?
How could you possibly use a computer taking up that little drive space. Don't get it.
I only used Western Digital or Seagate for internal drives, and Toshiba, WD, and Seagate for external. And please, no name hard-drives? As if you can actually buy no-name ones. There are only a few hard-drive mfg out there.
And no, the 3 to 5 yr warranty was not common until recently. It used to be 1 year, with seagate providing 3 years before they went 1 year as well.
The manufacturers couldn't care less. If it's within warranty, they send you a new one. That's about it. They don't care about you, they only care about their obligation.
Here's the thing. Yes, you can have warranty, replacement, etc. But how about your terabytes of data? Restoring from backups are painful enough when you have urgent things that are needed. I never have a failed SSD, not even once, from the days I put an SSD into my plastic Macbook. I have since had various Macbook Airs and retina Pros, and also some Samsung external SSD. Zero failure rate so far. Compare to my frequency of mechanical drive failure of at least one a year, SSD is already proving itself to be the better value.
You consider "generic" a name brand?
I'm not clear what you are trying to say here? There is no such company as Generic making hard drives. Those Amazon Generic drives are all from one of the "name brand" drive companies and just sold as generic since they were likely bought by the seller from the OEM market. If you look through the reviews of all those Amazon drives, you will see each one has reviews that mention what brand the drive really is..
How? Try re reading the conversation?
Those generics are typical relabeled refurbs, you could get anything from a WD to a Chinese HDD manufacturer. What I was trying to say is the no name brands (I said "el cheapo no name" specifically because you don't know what you'll get) are the only way you are going to get below industry standard warranty.
I really don't know how to make it more clear.
Well, I base that on my own personal observations. I've never needed any more than about 175GB, which is my current, and might i add, abusive use of the drive. I guess if you have tons of videos, hi res photos, music, etc. then maybe you need more, but I don't and I don't think a lot of others do either. Big hard drives just encourage storage to become large garbage bins. People write to them for something they need only once or twice, and instead of getting rid of it when done, they leave it there. If you clean up after yourself, you'll find you don't really need that much storage.
A few decades ago people thought a 30MB HDD was a real whopper, and yet they survived with it. A 240GB disk is enormous compared to that. Where's all the space going? Obviously things like music, videos, and even photos were impractical decades ago, but still, the fact that people write once, read once, and then let the one time only files remain in place forever explains this enormous need for space. Like I said, big drives encourage not garbage collection but garbage keeping. It's sort of like everyone has become a pack rat.
I did read the conversation and it was not clear to me what you were trying to say. No need to be rude.
Thank you for explaining.
It just depends on your usage of the computer.Well, I base that on my own personal observations. I've never needed any more than about 175GB, which is my current, and might i add, abusive use of the drive. I guess if you have tons of videos, hi res photos, music, etc. then maybe you need more, but I don't and I don't think a lot of others do either. Big hard drives just encourage storage to become large garbage bins. People write to them for something they need only once or twice, and instead of getting rid of it when done, they leave it there. If you clean up after yourself, you'll find you don't really need that much storage.