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On a side-note, anyone know the platter capacity? Are they still shoving 333GB platters in there or have WD also moved to the 500GB platter?]]>Jan 26th 2009 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/
I have 4 of the TB drives in a RAID 5 for a modeling/image processing (astronomical imagery) and have noticed this behavior. It actually doesn't affect performance as well, and seems to cut down on power use. Somewhat cool, if you ask me.]]>Jan 27th 2009 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/
I've been holding off on buying a 1TB-1.5TB drive due to the 7200.11 issues and I'm not sure if I'll trust Seagate enough to buy a 7200.12 drive when they are finally released (no doubt too early and with crappy firmware)

You've got my dollar, WD]]>Jan 27th 2009 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 2:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Aren't these the drives that run BETWEEN 5400 and 7200? I have a 640GB one in my desktop and that's exactly what it does.]]>Jan 27th 2009 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 26th 2009 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 26th 2009 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 7:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 26th 2009 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 26th 2009 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/]]>Jan 26th 2009 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 26th 2009 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 26th 2009 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/100GB!!! Man, what I would have given for that big a drive on my first "real" desktop computer. I bought a Cybermax mid-tower for $2500 that came with a 250MB drive. That's megabytes, not gigabytes. I added a 300MB drive for a cool $250. Oh, and before someone chimes in with "well, when I had MY first computer...", I'll let you all know that I had to walk uphill (both ways) through a raging blizzard in the middle of bear country to buy that first computer.]]>Jan 27th 2009 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Size: 320GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
RAID Performance: 400GB (2x200GB) 7200RPM Free Fall Sensor
RAID Performance: 500GB (2x250GB) 5400RPM
RAID Protection: 640GB (2x320GB) 5400RPM
Reliability: 64GB Solid State Drive plus 200GB SATA HD (7200RPM w/ FFS)
Ultra Performance: 256GB Solid State Drive

These are the drives that were available for my laptop. I went with the 400 GB drive.
]]>Jan 27th 2009 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/
it makes the 1TB samsung i got this summer look obsolete already.

I love technology.]]>Jan 27th 2009 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/anyone have a guess when the 1TB will drop in price?

days???

weeks???

months???]]>Jan 27th 2009 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/
Wouldn't it be cool to hack an Apple Time Capsule with one of these puppies. I did that with a 1TB green drive (WD10EADS) and the thing is whisper quiet.
]]>Jan 27th 2009 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/until that day... ill be content with my 400GB of storage]]>Jan 27th 2009 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/i can barley use 40gbs]]>Jan 27th 2009 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/
Space is driving me nuts, i keep filling up my iMacs 250gb internal, i have a 500gb for backup and another 500gb for storage but even then im running out of room.

I would NEVER buy a mechanical 2TB drive. Just imagine the loss when it decides to die one day.]]>Jan 27th 2009 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/that activity is much more enjoyable when watching two people intermingle in coital and fellatio acts.
add those two up and add some hi-def quality... 2TB is a small, small, storage space.

that or it gets filled with music, games, and movies]]>Jan 27th 2009 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/

So what's the capacity of this thing after formatting? I'm guessing you will lose about 150GB in the format.]]>Jan 27th 2009 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/
It's not an issue of losing space to the format (though the manufacturers are surely happy to let people assume that). The drive's capacity is not actually 2 TB (a terabyte being 1024 gigabytes, a gigabyte being 1024 megabytes, and so on), but 2 trillion bytes. They just choose to define a terabyte as 1000 gigabytes so they can put a bigger number on the box.]]>Jan 27th 2009 2:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/I'm a getting me one of these asap!

Of course its four 500GB platters and yes, it'll be 5400rpm just as the previous ones. The variable speed of the previous ones have been VERY illusive throughout all tests I've seen and it's probably the case with this one as well... Although it will definately be faster than the previous 333GB/platter disks since the density is higher. At least for large files and sequential read/write. Otherwise the WD controllers are pretty awesome though! Even if there are ways to get better performance, this isn't meant to be a system drive, although it would do the job well in a one drive environment, but as a storge drive for media files it would totally own (pwn) the competition if you're putting performance/power (and $$$) into the equation!

PS. I already have a three-platter 1TB drive of the same make & model and it's great!]]>Jan 27th 2009 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/

I thought the WD site said that their green drives uses 5400 to 7200 RPM depending on model but they are fixed for a particular drive.]]>Jan 27th 2009 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 1:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/
WD20EADS

buy.com
$271.99
http://www.buy.com/prod/3-5-2tb-sata-32mb-green-dsk/q/loc/101/210673283.html?dcaid=15890
- says temporarily sold out

- not listed at NewEgg or Amazon yet.]]>Jan 28th 2009 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 12:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/
In more related matters, 2TB looks awesome. Too bad I am stuck with the, almost full, 250GB in my Mac. Think about all the *iTunes Movies* you could fit on that!]]>Jan 27th 2009 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/
I love technology!

@Owen Uridge - you are soooooo right but it is still fun, aye.
If you are truly worried about "green" switch to an abacus and two cans with a long string. That should fill all of your green technical needs.


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[Oh, and NO, the Drobo guys have NOT fixed this issue. They claim its a USB limitation.]]]>Jan 27th 2009 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/
He said, "cans" not, "cups."

Idiot.]]>Jan 27th 2009 1:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/western-digitals-2tb-caviar-green-hdd-on-sale-in-australia/Jan 27th 2009 12:51AM