Western Digital???!

[papa792]

Hello, I am in a need for a 1TB. I want a western digital one. When i go to there web site i see a single drive and a dual drive one. Which is better. What is the difference between the two.

Single Drive:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=374

Dual Drive:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=410

 

[Bfat567]

one is made up of 1 internal drive and the other is made up of 2 internal drives

 

[ProwlingTiger]

If it was me, I'd go with the 2-drive option, though I'd probably order from NewEgg or somewhere with a bit lower prices.

The deal with the 2 drive one is that you can configure it as RAID 1, if you so wished. This allows for less risk of complete data failure and flat out provides you with more options. Given the choice, I know I'd choose the dual drive one.

 

[papa792]

If it was me, I'd go with the 2-drive option, though I'd probably order from NewEgg or somewhere with a bit lower prices.

The deal with the 2 drive one is that you can configure it as RAID 1, if you so wished. This allows for less risk of complete data failure and flat out provides you with more options. Given the choice, I know I'd choose the dual drive one.

Okay i see why to get the dual one. Now if i get the dual one and i connect it to my laptop will it show up as two drives or what? Or will it still show up as 1 drive but really is 2 drives?

 

[RRutter]

Agreed with a previous poster, find a cheaper dual-drive 1 TB. Dual-Drive are, I believe, more stable than single drive? Is that the case? Someone report back.

 

[nanofrog]

Okay i see why to get the dual one. Now if i get the dual one and i connect it to my laptop will it show up as two drives or what? Or will it still show up as 1 drive but really is 2 drives?

Under RAID, (0 or 1), it will show up as 1 drive.

 

[ProwlingTiger]

Under RAID, (0 or 1), it will show up as 1 drive.

Yep! But remember, papa792, if you set it to RAID 1, you will be halving your storage space as the data will be stored on both drives.

 

[cuestakid]

Yep! But remember, papa792, if you set it to RAID 1, you will be halving your storage space as the data will be stored on both drives.

true. However, if one really chose too, you can configure the drive as JBOD(just a bunch of disks) which would display two separate HDs on your desktop. Though you should note that this configuration gives no fault-tolerance found in RAID 1 or any of the speed improvements of RAID 0. The main advantage of JBOD is that you can use all the storage