Hitachi 2TB, 5 platters :P

[udaman]

And coming in last place, 3rd is now Hitachi...announced, not shipping. 5 platters, that's a lot!

http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/si...i_baseMenuID=3d0cb215112b6934ab937c27aac4f0a0

 

[Stereodude]

Hitachi / IBM have made 5 platter drives intermittently for quite a while. The 75GB Deathstars had 5 platters. I think their first 1TB drives had 5 platters too. I know there are lots of others they've made too.

Personally, I'm waiting for an affordable 2TB drive.

 

[Mercutio]

The Samsung model is probably 6 months away and won't be affordable for a year.

The 1.5TB Seagates are getting there. I don't particularly trust them, but I know they aren't going to get super-hot like that 5-platter Hitachi.

 

[Stereodude]

I bought a few 1.5TB Seagates for about $100 each around last Christmas. I think Dell has run a pair of them for ~$200 a few times recently as well. $200+ for a 2TB drive, especially ones with the slower spindle speed is nuts.

 

[LunarMist]

It's pretty typical for Hibachi to achieve the maximum capacity at 7200 RPM with 5 platters before other manufacturers, skipping intermediate sizes along the way. Everyone else will probably do it with 4 platters in Q4. At least that should drive prices down eventually.

 

[sechs]

I'd rather have a five platter drive from Hitachi than a four platter drive from Seagate.

 

[LunarMist]

Sure, but I'd rather have a 4 x 500GB WD at 7200 RPM.

 

[sechs]

You've had head injuries, yes?

 

[LunarMist]

No, my head is fine. I have some other problems, though.

Don't you think that WD will produce 4-platter 7200 RPM drives later this year? I'm not expecting anything from Samsung, and who else is there?

 

[LunarMist]

They are here, but :zzz:.

 

[LunarMist]

So I finally picked up a couple of them. The nice WD drives are too pricey at the moment.

 

[LunarMist]

Personally, I'm waiting for an affordable 2TB drive.

Your wait is over. $160 is not bad for retail.

 

[LunarMist]

How will it take to fully format the drive? I'm thinking FOREVER.

 

[Stereodude]

4-6 hours probably...

 

[LunarMist]

I'd go to sleep, but the burns are too painful. ale:

 

[mubs]

What happened now, LM? Didn't you break a bone a few months back?

 

[LunarMist]

That was almost a year ago. This one was a kitchen accident. I will heal, but the range - not so much.

 

[LunarMist]

A Hibachi will not spin up completely. It makes a starting sound and then resets over and over again. @%#$!

 

[LunarMist]

Round 4 in progress...

 

[Mercutio]

Good drives say Samsung or Intel on them.

 

[LunarMist]

I have two Intel drives, but they are tiny. We shall see about Samsung 2TB drives. Maybe they will appear in Q1 next year and maybe they will work, or neither.

 

[Mercutio]

There are 80 Samsung drives in my apartment that are 1TB or larger. I have no complaints about any of them.

 

[udaman]

There are 80 Samsung drives in my apartment that are 1TB or larger. I have no complaints about any of them.

Alright, it's NY's on the East coast, Merc I don't suppose it ever occured to you that the fairer sex will look down on a guy who admits, he has 80+ drives in his appt? At least with SSD's they can be put into a drawer like Playboy and other mags :rr::drinka:

Have to admit, I've just finished a bottle of Chandon Rose sparkling CA wine and $20 worth of nigiri sushi I bought after walking 8+ mi to 2 different Asian/Japanese supermkts in my area, and I don't understand why dd & Will are online right now...don't U two have SO's to 'attend' to???

well happy NY's to all of you (us) geek guys and the few gals on SF!!!:beer::beer::beer:

 

[ddrueding]

Uda, I sneak off to check the forums when she heads for the ladies room.

 

[LunarMist]

There are 80 Samsung drives in my apartment that are 1TB or larger. I have no complaints about any of them.

I had a slightly defective 1.5GB 5400 Samsunghos drive that cots me at least 8 hours of my life. There are no 7200RPM 2TB Sammie drives listed.

 

[LunarMist]

I am impressed with your massive personal storage capabilitidsites. I am offsite and have only 14 TB of my drives here.

 

[LunarMist]

New 2tB DRIVE IS AFORMATTED.

 

[Handruin]

The Hitachi 7K2000 is now $149.99 after $20 MIR. That brings it down to the optimal $0.07/Gig ratio and it's a 7200 RPM drive.

Make	RPM	URL	drive size (gig)	price		price/gig	note
Samsung	5400	[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152175"]link[/URL]	1536			$109.99 	0.07	
Samsung	7200	[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185"]link[/URL]	1024			$89.99 		0.09	
Samsung	5400	[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152202"]link[/URL]	2048			$179.99 	0.09	
Seagate	7200	[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433"]link[/URL]	1024			$94.99 		0.09	
Seagate	5900	[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148487"]link[/URL]	2048			$199.99 	0.10	
Seagate	5900	[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148412"]link[/URL]	1536			$109.99 	0.07	
Seagate	7200	[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337"]link[/URL]	1536			$109.99 	0.07	
Seagate	7200	[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148506"]link[/URL]	2048			$299.99 	0.15	SATA 6
Hitachi	7200	[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145276"]link[/URL]	2048			$149.99 	0.07	after $20 MIR
Hitachi	7200	[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145287"]link[/URL]	1024			$84.99 		0.08

 

[ddrueding]

Sweet. Time to move the bulk storage from the 1.5s.

 

[Mercutio]

It needs to come down a bit more before I could entertain a change.

 

[LunarMist]

The Hitachi 7K2000 is now $149.99 after $20 MIR. That brings it down to the optimal $0.07/Gig ratio and it's a 7200 RPM drive.

It might be a good deal if you trust the rebate and if your drive actually works properly. I don't have so much confidence after my experiences, but I don't trust any drives nowadays.

 

[Handruin]

The options are really limited (as I'm sure you know) for 2TB 7200 drives, so I don't really know what else to consider.

How many problems have you had with the 2TB hitachi drives? I read about the one problem above. I'm still leaning towards the 1.5TB Samsung 7200RPM drives as the best price/gigabyte ratio. I'd rather have less spindles though and more space for the project I'm about to build.

 

[LunarMist]

What are you using it for? The Hibachi is not particularly fast in general and has some weird cache issues.

 

[LunarMist]

I'm still leaning towards the 1.5TB Samsung 7200RPM drives as the best price/gigabyte ratio.

Which drive is that and where are you finding it?

 

[LunarMist]

I don't see a 7200 RPM 1.5TB drive on the Samsung site either. Am I missing something obvious?

 

[Handruin]

No I screwed up. I thought it was 7200 RPM and mislabeled it, sorry.

I plan to use the storage for a NAS server and also iSCSI connection for two VMWare ESXi servers.

 

[Handruin]

I fixed my mistake in the price listing to aid in future reference.

 

[Handruin]

Looks like newegg is having some kind of shortage on samsung hard drives. All but one drive is on auto notify and out of stock. ZipZoomFly is also out of a lot of drives...

 

[Mercutio]

It's happened before. I'm slightly annoy about it right now, though, because it's holding up a larger order.

 

[LunarMist]

Newegg is not really an OEM. Samsung probably has allocations to fill and Newegg is a lower priority.