Hitachi Deskstar 3.5 inch 3TB 7200RPM SATA III 6Gbps 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive 0S03086
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Manufacturer: HitachiAudio: English (Original Language)
Model: 0S03086
Product features:
- 3TB Hard Drive Storage Capacity
- 7200 RPM, 64MB Cache and SATA III 6Gbps
- Designed to leverage new platforms and modern operating systems
- Halogen-Free Design
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Customer Review: Next level of hard drive size- 3TB Hitachi 64MB cache 7200 rpm SATA III
Summary: 5 Stars
Picked up this drive last week via Amazon/J&R. Cheapest price I have seen so far on this drive- was watching price for weeks all over the web -coming down. Paid $179.00 including ship & no tax. Drive would be going into replace 1 of 4 Hitachi 2TB 7200 rpm in a 2008 3.0Mhz 8 core MacPro.
Initially plugged drive into the external E-Sata port of a Highpoint E-Sata for Mac PCI 4 lane card with the bare drive sitting on my desk. Drive initialized fine by disk utility & formatted as GUID w/3 partitions. One a start-up partition- cloned to w/CCC & 2 separate data- disks- one used as scratch disk. Old Hitachi 2TB was running out of space- hard to believe right, given that there are 4 of them in the MacPro.
Anyway had the drive on my desk for several hours copying data to it/ cloning etc. Never really became excessively warm at all. I do routinely have bare drives on my desk similarly so I get to listen & feel how warm & loud drives actually are. This drive in my estimation is the quietest drive I have ever seen (except a SSD LOL). Even copying continuous to it -I had to put my ear to it really to hear anything.
Did not notice any real speed difference at this point since the highpoint e-sata bus is probably about 20% slower than the on board motherboard Sata bus. What I did notice was after copying & cloning all the partitions I had DiskWarrior rebuild the directories on the 3 partitions. Since I routinely rebuild similar partitions on the internal drives I have a good handle how long it would usually take on the Hitachi 2TB 7200 rpm current drives. Never saw directories rebuilt quite that fast. Not smoking, but noticeably faster. Maybe the 64 MB cache has something to do with it - don't know.
Mounted in bay 2 -works fine, BOOTS fine. Temp about 3 degrees cooler than the 2TB Hitachi's. Seems similar to existing drives. I bought drive primarily to add that extra 1TB to the previous 8TB sum of drives because I really needed that additional space in that mix of drives/partitions.
Ran some preliminary benchmarks w/Quickbench compared Hitachi 2Tb 7200 rpm 32MB cache 3 GPS w/the new Hitachi 3Tb 7200 rpm 64 MB cache 6GPS- both on the internal bus of MacPro- both partitioned w/3 approximate same percentage of individual drive sized partitions. The first & second partitions on the 3 TB drive has read & write avg transfer rates about 15 - 18% faster than the 2 TB, all things considered equal. The third partition on both drives have a nearly equal read & write avg speed. Overall it is a faster drive looking at it in this way.
Price per gig at what I paid for the 3TB is around .060 , price per gig on a 2 TB Hitachi around $100.00 plus tax is around .0545 per gig. Pretty close- I am happy. I can see replacing the other 2 TB Hitachi's left in the MacPro eventually with the 3 TB version as the price drops.
Pro's:
* Price comparable to 2 TB 7200 rpm (per GB price)
* Cool running & very quiet
* Larger -50% increase capacity over 2 TB drive & 64 MB cache
* 7200 rpm & SATA III
* No hassle, issues with next generation drive on the Mac
* IS BOOTABLE on Mac (contrary to amazon description-saw that description somewhere else,not true on MacPro, have not tried
raiding yet. Can't speak for windows though-don't know)
Con's :
* None other than for those using Windows-issues w/drive size being recognized/used.
* Current & older external cases probably do not recognize 3 TB size- only seem to be able to address 2 TB- so I've read.
* MacPro's currently only SATA II (there are PCI Express 2.0 E-Sata 6 gbs cards out there. Had an NewerTech - sent it
back-way slow-nothing but trouble with it. I would be surprised if they are really any faster with this drive. I think one
would need a high end PCI Express 2.0 E-Sata card with Intel processor on card to see any speed gains with the SATA III
drives. But that's just my opinion- not one based on any real testing.
Bare Feats did this drive against other 2TB drives on the MacPro internal current bus 3 gbs.
It would be interesting to see if any high end PCI Express 2.0 E-SATA cards w/ 6gbs interface could harness the faster 6gbs interface on the new 6 gbs drives. Or if it's just numbers game with not much difference in spinning drives performance unless you raid them. Which you already could do with existing drives anyway.
Bottom Line,
Primarily bought drive for significant increase in storage capacity as well as still a 7200 rpm speed & form factor & comparable price per GB. Next generation interface & 64 MB cache are plus's. "It ain't no SSD " - but hey look at the size & price. Works for me.
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Description of Hitachi Deskstar 3.5 inch 3TB 7200RPM SATA III 6Gbps 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive 0S03086
The Hitachi Deskstar internal hard drive kit delivers colossal add-on storage with high performing 7200 RPM speed in a standard 3.5-inch desktop form factor. With easy access to software drivers, no additional hardware is required to overcome the 2.2 TB limitations of Windows system and services*. The Hitachi Deskstar features a robust mechanical design that exceeds the industry standard for quality and reliability. Through a patented ramp load/unload design, the risk of shock damage is minimized by eliminating direct contact between the heads and disks, reducing wear and heat while improving overall drive reliability and power efficiency. Hitachi Deskstar 3.5" 3TB internal hard drive kit includes easy access to software drivers designed to overcome the 2.2TB limitation of Windows system and services to provide full access to its 3TB capacity when using a single hard disk drive for data storage only. Works with 32bit and 64bit Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 operating systems. Hitachi Deskstar 3.5" 3TB internal hard drive does not support RAID configurations and cannot be used as boot drive.Digital Cameras & Photo Categories
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