4TB Drives From Western Digital

[BFG10K]

4TB 7200RPM RE SAS and SATA drives: http://www.techpowerup.com/172844/W...es-4-TB-WD-RE-SAS-WD-RE-SATA-Hard-Drives.html

The only strange thing is they're using 800GB platters; I'd have expected the new 1TB platters to be used.

 

[AdamK47]

Same platter config as my 4TB Hitachi 7K4000.

 

[rsutoratosu]

been waiting for these.. i think they were a little pricy but i dont even know if it'll work with my controller.. gonna have to test 1 out

 

[pauldun170]

I'll Wait for prices to come down then I'll nab one.
5 yr warranty FTW

 

[Smoblikat]

Nice warranty, but why not use 4TB platters? Are they that new that they couldnt reliably be used?

 

[paul878]

Cost too much!!

 

[Carson Dyle]

Nice warranty, but why not use 4TB platters? Are they that new that they couldnt reliably be used?

You mean 1TB platters. Yes, I would expect the latest, most dense storage technology to be less reliable than one that's been in production for a while.

 

[Auric]

Same platter config as my 4TB Hitachi 7K4000.

Aaannd maybe where the tech came from.

 

[greenhawk]

Nice warranty, but why not use 4TB platters? Are they that new that they couldnt reliably be used?

using 4 platters vs 5 is not that big of a deal in terms of design. Biggest issue I suspect is that the 1TB is only reliable at the slower 5400rpm speeds and the electronics are not fast enough to support (reliably) the same density at 7200rpm.

 

[greenhawk]

Cost too much!!

the title of "SAS" and "RE" (aka raid edition) sort of make the drives expencive as those are for specific markets.

Hopefully the home market version is not far off

 

[kmmatney]

Wow, that's a lot of storage! I find it easier to just use a server with multiple hard drives, and expand over time (the magic of drive extender), but I'm cheap.

 

[ServerGUY]

Prices should come down after christmas.

 

[thelastjuju]

I've been waiting for something like this to hit the market for a while now too.

Although it does seem outrageously expensive. Given 8x SATA ports and a larger case, I really do think I'd rather go with 4x 1TB drives over 1x 4TB drive, if it will cost about the same (actually a bit cheaper, at only $436 .. 4 drives X $109 each wd black 1tb)

 

[Ninjahedge]

Still waiting for the prices on the 3TB to drop a bit (to add to, and eventually replace, the 1.5TB drives in my Synology RAID server...).

Having a 4TB come out is a good sign for this....

 

[techs]

Its the same reason as RAID used to mean Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks.

If 5x800 Gb platters costs less than 4x1000 Gb platters than WD is going to make them using 800 Gb. platters.

 

[Zap]

Although it does seem outrageously expensive. Given 8x SATA ports and a larger case, I really do think I'd rather go with 4x 1TB drives over 1x 4TB drive, if it will cost about the same (actually a bit cheaper, at only $436 .. 4 drives X $109 each wd black 1tb)

Yes, but a larger case may cost more, as will a motherboard with extra SATA ports (or an add-on SATA card) and a PSU that can support the extra power draw (albeit not much). Also, the extra noise, extra heat output, extra bulk of the system taking up space...

 

[FalseChristian]

Noone needs a 4TB hard-drive. Shit, I still use my old WD 320GB hard-drive and I can't fill it either!