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post Jan 27 2012, 10:05 AM

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QUOTE(josephting @ Jan 27 2012, 01:08 AM)
It'll be great to have a section showing noticeable/important history of price for HDD since most people's concerns are just that. smile.gif
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I'd like to get my hands on a proper database of the price lists. Unfortunately my copies are quite fragmented and I have only been keeping Viewnet prices lately, which goes back to March 2011.
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post Jan 27 2012, 11:41 AM

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Hi all, may I know is Western Digital AV-GP series good for RAID? Or just for 24/7 use only?

As I search some forums, it said most of the WD green drive (except for Enterprise HDD) is not suitable for RAID use.
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post Jan 27 2012, 01:18 PM

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everling - Many thanks for an awesome & informative 1st post! notworthy.gif

With the events that happens a few weeks ago to cyberlockers, I may not need to buy additional HHD space.
I also hope I'm not the only one, thus impacting the demand for HDD and driving the price down again!

wat say you guys? laugh.gif


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post Jan 27 2012, 03:52 PM

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QUOTE(DarkNite @ Jan 27 2012, 01:18 PM)
everling - Many thanks for an awesome & informative 1st post! notworthy.gif

With the events that happens a few weeks ago to cyberlockers, I may not need to buy additional HHD space.
I also hope I'm not the only one, thus impacting the demand for HDD and driving the price down again!

wat say you guys? laugh.gif
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Thanks for your kind words. Part of it came from other forumers and I hope it would be useful to others. smile.gif

I'm not significantly impacted by the current temporary loss of cyberlockers and I hope that I'll be able to limit myself to my current hardware. I'm not looking forward to unplugging my DVD drive again. laugh.gif
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post Jan 27 2012, 05:20 PM

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hard drives are so expensive now SIGH. wallet really bleed when i filled up my 5-bay synology with 3tb drives last month. i have switched from wd black to wd green now.
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QUOTE(paultantk @ Jan 27 2012, 05:20 PM)
hard drives are so expensive now SIGH. wallet really bleed when i filled up my 5-bay synology with 3tb drives last month. i have switched from wd black to wd green now.
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5-bay X 3TB = 15TB? hmm.gif
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post Jan 27 2012, 08:38 PM

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i was wondering the comparison with IDE and SATA

currently i research is SATA speed is faster than IDE
IDE have lesser lifespan than SATA
IDE is cheaper than SATA

any advantages on IDE and SATA
since i cant get the advantages on IDE via google

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post Jan 27 2012, 08:48 PM

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QUOTE(emperror123 @ Jan 27 2012, 08:38 PM)
i was wondering the comparison with IDE and SATA

currently i research is SATA speed is faster than IDE
IDE have lesser lifespan than SATA
IDE is cheaper than SATA

any advantages on IDE and SATA
since i cant get the advantages on IDE via google

thank
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IDE and sata don't really contribute to how long a device will last. they are just interfaces. I still have a bundle of IDE drves that are still working and lasted longer than some of my sata drives.

Also since when IDE is cheaper?

btw Sata was introduced as an upgrade for IDE
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post Jan 27 2012, 08:51 PM

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anyway do you mind to share both advantages for me?
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post Jan 27 2012, 08:57 PM

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QUOTE(emperror123 @ Jan 27 2012, 08:51 PM)
anyway do you mind to share both advantages for me?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA#IDE_and_ATA-1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA

Basically you can read yourself about it there. Btw as SATA is an upgrade for IDE, there is no logical reason for IDE to have any advantages over SATA
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post Jan 27 2012, 09:45 PM

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A few years ago, before SATA existed, IDE's advantage is that it exists and SATA did not.

A short while after that, you can get SATA hard disks, but all CD/DVD drives were still IDE.

If you have a very old m/b, with one IDE + 2 SATA sockets, and you already have 2 SATA hard disks, then the advantage of IDE is that you already have a free socket, which can support 2 devices.

Otherwise, there's no reason to buy new hard disk / DVD / CD drives with IDE instead of SATA.
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QUOTE(paultantk @ Jan 27 2012, 05:20 PM)
hard drives are so expensive now SIGH. wallet really bleed when i filled up my 5-bay synology with 3tb drives last month. i have switched from wd black to wd green now.
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wd green now only got 2yr wrty ler.
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post Jan 28 2012, 02:40 AM

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Advantage of IDE would be no need SATA controller... Duh that was how many years ago
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post Jan 28 2012, 01:22 PM

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QUOTE(paultantk @ Jan 27 2012, 05:20 PM)
hard drives are so expensive now SIGH. wallet really bleed when i filled up my 5-bay synology with 3tb drives last month. i have switched from wd black to wd green now.
Sorry a little off topic but I've always been against Synology prices. You pay a premium for what something that you can DIY or get at a fraction of the cost.

What MB/s throughput are you getting from those drives?

Anyway, during the long holidays, I dusted and resurrected out my old Q6600 workhorse desktop with 3 x 750GB Samsung F1 hardisk which has not been used for 2 years.

Anyway, did a quick bench on the RAID 0 150GB partition from the 3 drives.

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Not too shabby in the midst of SSD drives and furthermore with my mobo still on SATA 2.
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post Jan 28 2012, 01:32 PM

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nowadays its hard to find latest mobo that has an ide port hmm.gif
so its always a better idea to go for sata than ide
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post Jan 28 2012, 02:05 PM

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IDE will get obsolete soon....because of its transfer rate...
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post Jan 28 2012, 02:13 PM

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Do your own homework. Google and Wikipedia is there. Guys don't feed this lazy troll.
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post Jan 28 2012, 05:51 PM

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i like SATA becoz its easily plug & play, save some space over IDE biggrin.gif
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hmm question looks like an assignment... smile.gif
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[Edit]Found where to buy 5.25-3.5" bay converter.

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