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Tl;dr: WD claims: Higher-perf than its "green" line of hard drives (but not as good as "black"), greater MTBF, lower power consumption than comparable drives, r
by throwaway54-762 14y ago
Tl;dr: WD claims: Higher-perf than its "green" line of hard drives (but not as good as "black"), greater MTBF, lower power consumption than comparable drives, rated for 10°F hotter conditions than previous WD offerings.
- dspillett 14y ago> Higher-perf than its "green" line of hard drives (but not as good as "black") So better performance than drives optimised for low power consumption and less performance (but less power consumed) than drives optimised for performance. Sounds like their blue line. > rated for 10°F hotter conditions than previous WD offerings Now that is useful assuming the rating isn't artificially inflated somehow (or the other drives deflated) - the heat build up in little NAS boxes packed with drives can be rather considerable.
- jws 14y agoThey are claiming the drives have a MTBF of 110 years as opposed to 75 years for the greens. I think we can assume th rest is fiction too. (I'm seeing a <5 year MTBF on greens.)
- yen223 14y agoHow many have you tested?
- miahi 14y agoIt's actually 10°C (18°F) hotter.
- jdboyd 14y agoActually, rated for 10°C (thus 18°F) hotter conditions than previous WD offerings.