Suggestions for 2tb 512byte sector drive?

[Fryguy8]

I don't want to mess with 4k sectors on ZFS. Even though it might actually sorta work, I'm in a unique situation in that if I were to buy 4k sector drives, I'd then have 2 vdevs in my pool, a raidz of 512byte drives, and a raidz of 4k drives.

Given the complications of just getting 4k working in an efficient manner, I can't imagine my additional complications will be of any use.

I know hitachi's are still 512byte, but their failure rate seems higher than normal. Not quite return of deathstar, but...

Any other suggestions? Preferably something in the budget area. I don't want to be paying $180 for WD blacks.

 

[odditory]

Hitachi failure rate is high according to whom? Can't say I've had the same experience and I've got several hundred Hitachi's.

If there's a Fry's near you, you can get the external 3TB Hitachi and take it out of the case, $159 for a few more days.

Otherwise I'd stick with Hitachi 2TB. For archiving I like the 5K3000 2TB that can be had now for $99 and less.

 

[parityboy]

And if you're quick, you might still find a few Samsung F3EGs in retail channels. They're disappearing fast though.