[jedH]

i have a black, about 6mths old, is there a new revision?

I'm more interested in suggestions for the storage sub-sys I outlined.
Not real big fan of Greens...

night.

[Brian]

It's a 1TB with 64MB cache. More info

[jedH]

is this ideal for the storage/bu subsys I outlined, or would something like F3 be better?

definitely night, thanks.

[jedH]

Brian/Continuum/anyone?????

Thank-you.

[Brian]

Since we haven't tested them against each other I can't definitively say, though I wouldn't expect trouble from either. I would want the much larger cache of the WD though over the pretty limited F3. Not that cache is the only factor in performance, but still.

[jedH]

The general consensus I've garnered is that for random r/w, the WD has a slight edge, for everything else, the F3 wins out.*
So for storage/BU drives or an array that'd make the F3 more ideal wouldn't it?

*admittedly that was before the time of this 'supposed' new Black revision you're talking about.

This post has been edited by jedH: 02 February 2010 - 11:14 AM

[Brian]

How is it "supposed?" I've posted a picture of the darn thing.

[jedH]

Apologies if I offended? ...
Please ignore, I just read the post more carefully.

This post has been edited by jedH: 02 February 2010 - 11:43 AM

[jedH]

Sigh, I'll have to get on the google+review train to see which is the best again now...
If WD's still only king for random R/W, would you agree with my assertion that the F3's are a better buy for Storage/BU drives/array?

Thank-you.

This post has been edited by jedH: 02 February 2010 - 11:47 AM

[Brian]

I haven't used the Samsung F3 so I don't want to comment on them...maybe someone else can weigh in. We're working on the WD review now though, so we should have details on it shortly.