Western Digital 1 TB RE3 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 RPM 32 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Enterprise Hard Drive - WD1002FBYS

I bought two of these to use in a QNAP TS-212P NAS array, since it was on QNAP's approved drive list. I was a little nervous when I received the drives and the mfg date on the drives was in 2009, but they installed with no problems and I have burned them in for about 30 hours. They provide good response time in a RAID-1 set, and now my home files are secure and accessible from any device in the house. I get about ~400Mbps write speed to the drive pair on a GigE connection, and the full 100Mbps on a 100Mbps connection for a large file write. These drives are a little bit loud, but I like that they are an enterprise grade SATA drive, and I trust the Western Digital name since I have always had good reliability from their products. You really can't beat these for the price. I saved about $50 vs buying a pair of some other type of 1TB drive. UPDATE: Original post above was from December 2013. I just bought another pair of these drives in Aug 2021 to replace the two original drives that have been running flawlessly in my QNAP TS-212P for almost 8 years. I removed a drive, installed the new one, let it rebuild the mirror from RAID, and then did the remaining drive. Now I have two new drives and maybe another 8 years worth of flawless service ahead. Great product...

I had put together a RAID 5 array "just for kicks" on a workstation, but using the non-RAID "Blue" line of consumer 1TB drives which I had on hand. I decided I really liked the RAID set up so I determined to get real RAID drives (with the very important TLER set up for RAID) as that seems to be the biggest "uh oh" with RAID 5 using consumer drives. Ordered 3 of these based on the very good price. As other reviewers have noted, these are WD RE3 drives obviously produced for the DELL enterprise label. Mine were all sealed in static bags and brand new "raw" drives, without handling marks or use noted. The price was right and the product is good. I swapped the new RE3 drives one-at-a time into an existing RAID 5 array, which mean that each drive went through at least one or two full rebuild processes. Smooth as silk and great performance. Buyers' note A quick check of google will reveal this size of RE3 drive was introduced in 2008/9 so of course you should understand these are probably close outs and not likely full warranty units And at $50 a pop, that's just fine with me! The value proposition is very good. I'm so satisfied I just ordered three more just to have them on hand.

It's hard to get me to say I love anything or anybody, except my wife. So I will say I like these drives, they were a little dated, but work most excellently. Make no mistake they were designed as storage drives, on an enterprise level, at which they do the job fantastically. I am not going to go to the trouble of calculating the kbs but I did a big transfer just last night, 27 files, about 24gb total in under 3 minutes on an esata connected drive caddy. It doesn't matter how fast really that your processor is during a transfer of that size, its all in how fast the drive can write, I was impressed, but still not in love:)

I must be rough on my drives. Cooling usually is around 32C, but power-on times are 100%. Low activity, but I notice when there are failures. This drive, the WD1002FBYS, is one of the few drives that, with proper installation and active cooling, continues to run. I bought one in October of 2010, and it's just as happy as a clam. My WD15EARS and WD15EARX drives last about 6 months. This is on a decent UPS, surge protection, etc. So, it's a little more expensive, but it's more reliable. With the non-RE drives, you're looking at a much higher risk of data loss. Sure, backup copies and backups of backup copies, but there comes a time when even geeks like me tire of re-copying data, or even worse, losing multiple drives at the same time, and actually suffering loss. So save yourself the trouble. Spend the extra money and get a drive that is less likely to fail on you. My current "hasn't failed in over 10 months of power-on time" drive models are: * WD1002FBYS * ST32000542AS

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Work fine, good deal!

L'HD è utilizzato nel vecchio NAS Readynas duo. Purtroppo scalda molto e fa aumentare la velocità di rotazione della ventola di raffreddamento, facendo così aumentare il rumore complessivo del NAS.

I replaced two inferior drives in my Netgear ReadyNAS with these Western Digital WD1002FBYS drives and finally I feel relaxed. They are extremely quiet by comparison to the previous drives and ...no lost sectors.

Ich verwende diese HDD in einem Alu-Gehäuse (bessere Kühlung) als externe Festplatte für meine Backup's (MAC, Time Machine). Schneller Zugriff über Firewire 800-Schnittstelle. Keine störenden Laufgeräusche. Zuverlässig, auch nach 3 Jahren keine Aussetzter. Bin daher sehr zufrieden. Kaufempfehlung.