Autor X-bit Labs

The two drives from Hitachi can be discussed as one because they have very similar results in every test. The Hitachi team did well in the server patterns but failed in the multithreaded tests. According to Futuremark, the Hitachi drives are ideal as hard disks for a workstation. They have been superb in every version of PCMark (thanks to their high Average Positioning Speed). In FC-Test the Hitachi team is only inferior to the Samsung SpinPoint F1, which means a lot. These HDDs are also good in our homemade test of defragmentation speed (thanks to the high APS again) but the overall impression is somewhat spoiled by the power consumption tests. 16 watts is quite a lot.

The Samsung SpinPoint F1 features high recording density, low power consumption and superb performance in the desktop-oriented tests. It has very good results in PCMark and excellent results in FC-Test and in the defragmentation test. On the other hand, it was hopeless in the server patterns. Hopefully, the server version of this drive, the SpinPoint F1 RAID, is going to be faster in the server-oriented applications. A peculiar feature of this drive is that it prefers controllers with high bandwidth. If you buy it, you should provide a fast SATA controller to reveal this drive’s potential (SATA-300 controllers integrated into mainboards will do).

The Seagate drives seem to have server roots. It looks like the developer wrote server-oriented firmware into both of them. As a result, the Barracuda 7200.11 and Barracuda ES.2 have no problems in multithreaded tests and even win at multithreaded reading. They also feel good in the Database pattern and in the File-Server and Web-Server patterns. They failed in the PCMark tests, though. The Barracudas were not brilliant in FC-Test, either, although were quite fast at reading large files. They were also slow in our defragmentation test. So, I am waiting for Seagate’s programmers to write new firmware.

Western Digital’s Caviar GP is the most ambiguous product in this review. On one hand, the manufacturer’s claim of low power consumption of this product is true. On the other hand, we can see the tradeoff just too clearly. The reduction of the spindle rotation speed to 5400rpm made it virtually impossible for this HDD to compete with the alternative products in terms of performance. Well, the Caviar GP should be given credit for challenging the other drives in some tests. It was fast in the multithreaded tests and competed with the Seagate drives in PCMark. It was quite good in FC-Test, too. In fact, this HDD can be quite a fine hard disk for a home PC because it is quiet and consumes little power. Still, I wish Western Digital added a 7200rpm model into the Caviar GP series. On my part, I promise to benchmark its performance without bias as soon as it arrives.

Autor Iceman11 (Post 1088982)

malo OT...

dal mislis/mislite da mi se isplati uzet jos dva manja diska(speedy1, speedy2, ili WD320) za neko sistemsko raid polje il ce mi ovaj 1 ko sistemski radit sve super brzo...

Autor domy_os (Post 1093373)

Razmišljam o ovom WD-u Green Caviar 1 TB, ali vidim da ima dvije verzije - ta što je u testu (10EACS) i RE2 (1000FYPS), vjerojatno više optimizirana za RAID, što god to značilo. Taj disk mi se čini kao jako dobar izbor za storage u serveru. Vrti se na 5400 rpm, ali nije puno sporiji od konkurencije koju u nekim testovima čak i gazi. Troši manje energije i vjerojatno je dosta tiši, a RE2 verzija ima i 5 godina garancije.

Žao mi je što u test nisu ubacili i WD Caviar Black (1001FALS), vjerojatno bi po performansama bio u rangu Samsunga 1 TB, možda čak i bolji, a također ima 5 godina garancije.

Nadam se da će mi uskoro uletiti jedan od ovih modela iako mi se Caviar Black najviše sviđa... :)

Autor yedwy (Post 1093453)

Ja se ne sekiram oko toga, ako se baš kojom nesrećom i desi da mi ovaj storage disk crkne, onda je crko i kaj sad mislim ruku na srce nemam ništa tolko nenadoknadivo na njemu i sve se opet može skupit na ovaj ili onaj način...

....Na ovom mjestu napominjem - od kad kupujem nove diskove (to je negdje 2000g) niti jedan mi nije crkao (u biti čak niti zadnja dva polovna koja sam prije njih imao nisu) pa valjda neće sad počet kvragu... :)

Autor CatKiller (Post 1093516)

RAID5 i 3 5400rpm WD-a mi se cine savrsenim za storage. Hladno, pouzdano, tiho.

Autor CatKiller (Post 1093516)

RAID5 i 3 5400rpm WD-a mi se cine savrsenim za storage. Hladno, pouzdano, tiho.

Autor domy_os (Post 1093373)

Razmišljam o ovom WD-u Green Caviar 1 TB, ali vidim da ima dvije verzije - ta što je u testu (10EACS) i RE2 (1000FYPS), vjerojatno više optimizirana za RAID, što god to značilo.

Autor Old Iggy (Post 1094038)

Sve OK, osim sto je sporo do bola. :)

Autor CatKiller (Post 1094687)

Za hrckanje MP3-ca i videa mi je skroz super :-)

Autor chingyos (Post 1095293)

Koji od ta 2 diska uzeti?
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 640 GB ili WESTERN DIGITAL 640 GB

Autor Pippincro (Post 1095302)

wd je nesto bolji i truncicu brzi u seek-u, evo jedino sta sam uspio izguglat (dvojio sam se dal da uzmem iz linksa samsung ili wd bash te modele i pao je nakraju wd640):

link

Autor mcclarion (Post 1015062)

ako je vjerovat protisu http://www.protis.hr/ArtiklProzor.aspx?ID=10210


ovaj spedy 2 je stigao ...

320 gb po ploči trenutno je vrh ponude
nasao sam i review

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2282241,00.asp
bilo bi zgodno da cijena malo padne ali i ovako je ok ..
u svakom slučaju brzi od 7200.11 sto nije malo

Autor MAXx (Post 1096917)

Stigao je i Seagateov disk od 640Gb.
Ima 32mb chacea i košta 758 kn u ve milu.
Hoće li biti brži od WD-a to ćemo još vidjet samo mi se ne sviđa cijena i mislim da nije isplativ pored WD-a.

Autor gaudeamus (Post 1097247)

ali ako ima dvije ploće a ja imam film koji se jednim dijelom nalazi na jednoj ploći a drugim dikelom se nalazi na drugoj ploći i gledam film u nekom playeru i sad dođe flm do kraja prve ploće koliki dug prekid filma mogu oćekivati. i kakva je ta 2 pločna tehnologija ? jel osuđena na propast pored 1 terabajtnih diskova?

čitam ja neke strane forume koji te 2-pločne diskove ogovaraju.
zato ja imam seagate od 500 i najvjerovatnije ću umjesto wd 640Gb kupiti ovaj novi seagate 640Gb

Autor Wolverine (Post 1097352)

A kaj misliš koliko ploča ima tvoj Seagate?
Jednu?

Diskovi sa više ploča - dve, tri, četiri,.... nisu niš novoga


BTW zaista je jedno kada netko ne zna ispravno napisati ime grada u kojem živi :nono: