Samsung F3R 1TB $80 FS AC

[Zap]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152238

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3R HE103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

$99.99 regular price
-$10 instant discount
-$10 coupon code EMCYTZT450 (expires 5/9)
FREE shipping
= $79.99

What is an F3R? It is Samsung's "RAID Edition" drive. Basically if you like running spindle drives in RAID and are getting tired of your drives falling out of the array ("degraded" or "rebuilding" message) then you need to stop using normal consumer drives and use enterprise or RAID edition drives. This is the cheapest I've seen a 1TB 7200RPM RAID edition drive.

 

[ImDonly1]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152238

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3R HE103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

$99.99 regular price
-$10 instant discount
-$10 coupon code EMCYTZT450 (expires 5/9)
FREE shipping
= $79.99

What is an F3R? It is Samsung's "RAID Edition" drive. Basically if you like running spindle drives in RAID and are getting tired of your drives falling out of the array ("degraded" or "rebuilding" message) then you need to stop using normal consumer drives and use enterprise or RAID edition drives. This is the cheapest I've seen a 1TB 7200RPM RAID edition drive.

I think this drive has a 5 year warranty instead of a 3 year warranty on the regular F3. Otherwise, not much difference. I'll stick to my regular F3 drives for $55.

 

[Zap]

I think this drive has a 5 year warranty instead of a 3 year warranty on the regular F3. Otherwise, not much difference. I'll stick to my regular F3 drives for $55.

That is true too. All depends on what you want - running RAID? Get the F3R. Not running RAID? Get the F3.

 

[killster1]

i wonder what else was good about this deal.. saw it just now too.. hmm not a bad price if ultra reliable.. wonder if its any better. prob ya?

 

[Zap]

I'm not sure if it is any more reliable or better in any way for a normal single drive use, but it will be for RAID use.

 

[DaveSimmons]

It's probably just different firmware with RAID settings for sleeping, etc. but that could be enough to make it worthwhile for business RAID use, especially RAID 5 with 3+ drives.

That's a guess, but it's what ATI and nvidia do with their graphics cards for gaming vs. CAD/engineering models.

 

[jrichrds]

Are there still any consumer HDs that can have TLER enabled to make it suitable for RAID use?

Or were the older WD Caviars the only ones capable of that?

 

[av911]

Are there still any consumer HDs that can have TLER enabled to make it suitable for RAID use?

Or were the older WD Caviars the only ones capable of that?

This is one of them.

 

[VirtualLarry]

This drive is $80 at Microcenter as well.

 

[Greg04]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152238

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3R HE103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

$99.99 regular price
-$10 instant discount
-$10 coupon code EMCYTZT450 (expires 5/9)
FREE shipping
= $79.99

What is an F3R? It is Samsung's "RAID Edition" drive. Basically if you like running spindle drives in RAID and are getting tired of your drives falling out of the array ("degraded" or "rebuilding" message) then you need to stop using normal consumer drives and use enterprise or RAID edition drives. This is the cheapest I've seen a 1TB 7200RPM RAID edition drive.

Yikes, been running 4 of the non-raid in 2 zero arrays for 1+ years....no problems...thankfully. Screaming fast and so far...reliable.