So, are you saying Western Digital Caviar Green over Samsung F3? And will there be any difference between hardware raid and software raid? Server is HP Proliant ML 110 G5.

What harddisk would be good for Raid then? And my file server is an office file server for 40+ users. So, do I need to put performance in mind as well? Server is HP Proliant ML 110th G5.

Please advise cause we need it soon. Capacity is either 1TB or 2TB. Thanks a lot.

What is your LAN speed, 100 megabit/s or 1 gigabit/s? If your LAN is 100 megabit/s, it doesn't matter what harddisk you use as you will be bottlenecked to a slow ~12.5 megabyte/s.

For the bold part I think you have misunderstood what I trying to imply, so I was trying to tell you that Samsung F3 1TB is fine, you can hardware RAID it, but if you prefer Western Digital brand (some people like that) then you can go for the Carviar Green of which software RAID is a much preferred option.
If you need it in a hurry, I would suggest you go for software RAID instead, easier to setup and running.
If you need technical explanation on RAID then you should need more time to sit down and read articles which I don't think you can make it in time.
To summarize it, software RAID uses CPU and OS to maintain your RAID, and hardware RAID is a independent card (or chips such as ICH9R, ICH10R, etc.) of which consist of its own firmware and CPU to maintain the RAID for your machine, it has its pro and con which you can google all about it.

And what's your file server main purpose? 1) Video editing? 2) Or just plain file server which only stores some documents? 3) Do you utilize gigabit network?
If your answer to 1 and 3 is YES then by all means take Samsung F3 1TB (and can have hardware RAID), performance wise is almost double the Western Digital Carviar Green 1TB, cheaper as well.
If you only need the option 2, then just take any green hard disk, software RAID1 and you're good to go, with only 100Mbps network it does not even come close to quarter of the hard disk minimum speed.

Gigabit.

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Added on October 3, 2011, 9:11 amNot exactly a hurry. The tech guys will be configuring the whole thing again. And yes it will be running Gigabit network. So, Samsung F3 should be a good choice? And by the way, is there 2TB for F3? website states only 1TB.

Thanks again.

This post has been edited by hengguowei: Oct 3 2011, 09:11 AM

Unfortunately there's only 1TB 7,200rpm option available which is the still the F3.
If you need 2TB with that kind of performance, then WDC (Western Digital Corporation) Carviar Black 2TB is only way to go for now, this is the only performance hard disk at consumer price that offer great capacity and performance, with a price of course, RM450+, if you willing to spend that much.

Edit: There're already several 2TB at 7,200rpm (Seagate, Hitachi, etc.) but to my knowledge only WDC is listed in those price list.

This post has been edited by wildwestgoh: Oct 3 2011, 11:35 AM

2TB 7200rpm can consider for Hitachi 0f12115
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822145473

reliable 1TB , silent - WD green or seagate?

i just notice.
my acer notebook use Nanya HDD.
do you ever heard this brand? first time i know it..

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Added on October 5, 2011, 5:05 pmi never use seagate
but my current dekstop HDD is WD Green - very silent but slow too

This post has been edited by diadokmai: Oct 5 2011, 05:05 PM

of course, in order to become "green", speed need no be reduced
and they have black edition that vice-versa

ah ha..yup i got both green 1TB and Black 1TB for my system storage

hello sifus, is it normal a brand new laptop produced weird small sound potentially came from hardisk?

guys..wanna ask...my WD green 1 tb....i made 2 partitions...1 partitions is ok but the others has a problem...i cannot be read or open...plus when i start the pc ...on the POST it say it has a bad sector....i tried to recover the old files...but only got only a little...very dissapointed..whats the prob???and i have another WD gree hdd...this 1 is ok for now...but sometimes when i open a partition it makes a screeching noise...

FUUUUUU......just now went to lowyat plaza to find samsung spinpoint F3, all the shop out-of-stock, only startec and c-zone got, sri comp never bother to ask

all dont want restock and wait until price increase

WD green its mean for slow and eco

becoz samsung sell so cheap and now have to sold off the hdd business. thats why no ppl wan stock up

and some pros will tell u buy gadget will DEPEND on luck

This. People who don't understand that LUCK plays a major factor when it comes to hardware are either not pros or they know something that they're not sharing.

OH yeah~ my WD Black Edition 1TB go RMA twice within half a year...

guys i need some help here , my pc keep on crashing (screen freeze)

when i trying to heavy usage mode ......


i suspect is hard disk problem so i try scan disk and fix the bad sector .

it when good for couple of days then i start coming back .

so is this the symptom of harddisk going to fail ?

the hard disk is 3 year + already 80gb

if a hdd already contain bad sectors,
the best thing you can do is try to Low Level Format (take long),
it could help sometimes, otherwise take the HDD to RMA cause some hdd carry 5 years warranty

anyone send ur WD passport for warranty before? may i know how u all send them for warranty? Send to Singapore?

This post has been edited by badzeugene: Oct 10 2011, 03:03 PM

Guys , need help .

Which 1tb or 2tb hard disk is good and realible for storing thousand of RAW & jpeg including HD movies from DSLR ? I want to buy today cause my hard disk is full already . Need a fast one .

Not to expansive .