BFG10K
Lifer
Just a heads up, I got this drive for backup purposes and I thought Id post its HD Tune score:
All of the results Ive seen so far paint very poor random access (~20ms), but it looks like newer firmware has made my unit much more respectable. So if youre getting this drive, try to get one with newer firmware.
I wont do a review for this one, but its much faster than the 1TB Black FAEX that it replaced. It writes files at 90-110 MB/sec compared to the Blacks 70-80MB/sec for the same workload.
Also FYI there two new Black drives: 3TB and 500GB. Based on the spec sheets theyre using at least 800GB platters, maybe even 1TB for the little one.
All of the results Ive seen so far paint very poor random access (~20ms), but it looks like newer firmware has made my unit much more respectable. So if youre getting this drive, try to get one with newer firmware.
I wont do a review for this one, but its much faster than the 1TB Black FAEX that it replaced. It writes files at 90-110 MB/sec compared to the Blacks 70-80MB/sec for the same workload.
Also FYI there two new Black drives: 3TB and 500GB. Based on the spec sheets theyre using at least 800GB platters, maybe even 1TB for the little one.
