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IBM E7K1000 or WD Black?
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IBM no longer produces their own drives, having sold that off years ago, following the IBM Deskstar drive failures (nicknamed "DeathStar" due to the failure rates). In the desktop space, the drives are Hitachis (SATA or IDE). In the enterprise space, they're Seagates (SATA, FC, or SAS).
In the desktop space, I'd go WD. In the enterprise space, you don't get a choice, and 1TB SATA drives are $600/ea after the 40% discount (which means they are normally $1k/list for a 1TB SATA drive...no, I'm not joking).
In the desktop space, I'd go WD. In the enterprise space, you don't get a choice, and 1TB SATA drives are $600/ea after the 40% discount (which means they are normally $1k/list for a 1TB SATA drive...no, I'm not joking).
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Either way, IBM no longer makes drives and you are probably mistaking the Hitachi DeskStar 1TB for one.
http://www.storagereview.com/php/be...&numDrives=1&devID_0=368&devID_1=369&devCnt=2
The two drives suggested are of the same areal density, although Hitachi has more sectors per track, which explains the higher sustained transfer performance on the Hitachi. The Hitachi's firmware handles game access patterns better, productivity patterns favor the WD. The Hitachi has significantly lower idle power consumption and slightly higher active power consumption.
You can't go wrong with either drive. I would favor the Hitachi for the lower idle power consumption/heat dissipation.
The two drives suggested are of the same areal density, although Hitachi has more sectors per track, which explains the higher sustained transfer performance on the Hitachi. The Hitachi's firmware handles game access patterns better, productivity patterns favor the WD. The Hitachi has significantly lower idle power consumption and slightly higher active power consumption.
You can't go wrong with either drive. I would favor the Hitachi for the lower idle power consumption/heat dissipation.