Differences Between Western Digital WD10EADS and WD10EARS 1TB Hard Drives.? Does anyone knows the difference Between the Western Digital WD10EADS and the Newest WD10EARS 1TB Hard Drives (Apart from the 32MB and 64MB Cache).?
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These drives can be very slow if you aren't aware of the restrictions of an Advanced Format drive and you fail to follow the directions on the WD web site: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/advancedformat/ In particular, most of the negative reviews here directly state a condition that is guaranteed to cause a performance problem (such as cloning an existing unaligned file system to it or using XP to initialize the drive without using the WD utility to ensure that it is aligned).
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It does not ship with any hard drive. There is documentation about drives that are supported on the net gear website. I put a 500GB western digital first time and it worked perfectly.
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SATA. Brand? Based on it uses a SATA interface, I would go with a brand your familiar with. Western Digital is my #1 choice for most of my things. Or Seagate.
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Thank you for contacting us. I am not sure so I looked at other posts about this. It seems they are very close in performance but this stood out: "The other thing to keep in mind when choosing a drive is that Western Digital?s enterprise drives are meant to be constantly in use, 24/7. The consumer drives are rated for 300,000 load/unload cycles, whereas the enterprise drives are are rated for double that at 600,000 load/unload cycles. This means the enterprise drive is guaranteed to have a longer use-life than a consumer drive under identical conditions." Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.
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That is the theory of a RAID 5. I had a 4TB drive fail after a month on duty. Western Digital immediately sent me a new one, I plugged it in and it took about four days to re-establish the full RAID. My 16TB with 12 TB usable space on RAID 5 was loaded with 4TB of records. So, if you want to upgrade your system one drive at a time, better be patient.
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No, these are the latest models, you can tell by the actual model designation number. I think it ends in something like EFRX..... One of mine would not format initially, and WD overnighted me a new one... even before they sent me the RMA (Returm Material Authorization) !
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The unit that I received did have the 1TB drive installed. It booted great. The interface was nice to work with and very functional. I used it for one of my customers who does not have a lot of technical skills and just needs it "too work". Hope that answers your question.
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New 1.06 FW was just released this morning... with support for 1.5TB drives.I'd watch for problem reports on D-Link's forum for a little while before trusting it with important data, just in case there is a bug.
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I've just had my 4th large (>1TB) WD drive failure in less than 2 years. I've had more drives fail in the last 2 years than in the last 20. All of them large WD drives. I'm done with WD. All these failures were with drives less than 3 years old. Just absolutely unacceptable.
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There is an article on Ars Technica you may want to read called "Putting hard drive reliability to the test shows not all disks are equal". I don't think Amazon allows URLs to posted here so you can use Google to search for the web page. There are interesting results shown for the different drive manufacturers.
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Looking up the specs for this workstation on line, it gives the hard drive spec as:Hard Disk Drives*Up to 60GB/ 7,200 RPM or 80GB/ 5,400 RPM, EIDE/ATA-1. There is no mention of SATA, only EIDE and ATA.The spec sheet is dated 2005. This is an old computer. I have a feeling that this is not workable, but I can't prove it.
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apparently it depends on the drive, i have 2 new WD 4TB green drives and it will only see 1.8TB on either. i also tried anew WD 1TB Blue 7200rpm drive and it won't see it at all but it will see a WD 1TB green 5400 rpm drive.
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The Western Digital website will tell you the difference between the warranty of a retail drive verses an OEM drive. Western Digital warranties retail drives, but OEM drives are different. Western Digital sells OEM drives to manufactures such as DELL, and Apple and are typically sold without a warranty. The computer manufacturer has their own limited warranty. See the Western Digital fact at:http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1352/~/difference-between-wd-oem-vs.-retail-(rtl)-drives
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The link is showing different drives (Western Digitial, Hitachi, Seagate and Toshiba). Which model are you referring to?
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The two HDDs in the unit that I received are Toshiba DT01ACA1, and are 1GB each. I've had this NAS in service on my home network since December 2013, so I can't verify they still use the same brand drives in 2015.
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Seagate vs WD. I've used them both over the years, along with Maxtor. For myself and some people Seagate=good and WD=bad, and for others, just the opposite. What's interesting in these comments is that the usage habits are not known, i.e., how intensely is the hard drive being accessed (applications, pro versus consumer, etc), and, in what environment is the hard drive being used (air quality, room temperature, humidity, appropriate case cooling, physical vibration, etc.). Those are the useful comparatives that would help in these reviews. Otherwise, it's just comparing one's FOTD (flavor of the day). Seagate vs WD. I've used them both over the years, along with Maxtor. For myself and some people Seagate=good and WD=bad, and for others, just the opposite. What's interesting in these comments is that the usage habits are not known, i.e., how intensely is the hard drive being accessed (applications, pro versus consumer, etc), and, in what environment is the hard drive being used (air quality, room temperature, humidity, appropriate case cooling, physical vibration, etc.). Those are the useful comparatives that would help in these reviews. Otherwise, it's just comparing one's FOTD (flavor... » Read More Seagate vs WD. I've used them both over the years, along with Maxtor. For myself and some people Seagate=good and WD=bad, and for others, just the opposite. What's interesting in these comments is that the usage habits are not known, i.e., how intensely is the hard drive being accessed (applications, pro versus consumer, etc), and, in what environment is the hard drive being used (air quality, room temperature, humidity, appropriate case cooling, physical vibration, etc.). Those are the useful comparatives that would help in these reviews. Otherwise, it's just comparing one's FOTD (flavor of the day). « Show Less
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Dr. Bozarth, I take all reviews with a grain of salt of course. I also noticed the disparity in the ratings between the two sites. I usually frequent thehomeservershow.com. Many of the forum members are I.T. Professionals, or like myself, a medical professional with a keen interest in technology. The Western Digital Green Drives were the go to drives in the past, but were not ideal for NAS/RAID situations. Many of the members have had good luck with the RED drives, but still recommend a program such as SpinRite or HD Tune Pro to evaluate the drive before putting it into service. I can only recall one situation where a member reported a DOA Red Drive, and many more situations where the Green drives presented problems. The recommended drives for your scenario would be the WD Red drives or the Seagate NAS drives. RAID-1 would be a good solution, and a cloud backup such as CrashPlan on top of that. I have personally purchased two 3TB Red drives and have had no problems with them in the 6-12 months I have owned them. Hope this helps.