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Thanks for the link, westrock.. I checked out the post and I see that the issues were with the v1.2.26.5 firmware. They've since updated to 1.2.42.27 with includes the changelog: v1.2.42.27 6/27/2011 * Update SAS transport firmware to 4.10.3.0. * Add support disk which capacity...

Just a follow-up on this.. Has anyone tried using 4TB drives on the RocketRAID 4320 yet? No 4TB drives are on their HCL, but they claim it "should work". Looking for real-world feedback here before going out and picking some up! Thanks!

Agreed. However, this isnt a simple matter of distortion. The overall design and proportions of the drive is different. This is a photo of how all the other drives in their "Ultra" line appear, featuring a a slimmer form factor, and one of the key differentiating factors between this line and...

Not sure if any of you have seen the new 2TB My Passport Ultra drive that WD is offering, but you may want read about my experience first, as you may be surprised when you receive it. See my facebook post and photo here...

I currently have a RocketRAID 4320 with Hitachi 2 TB drives (5k3000s and 7K2000s). Alas, I am running out of space, and would like to upgrade to 4TB drives. Question to RocketRAID 4320 owners: Has anyone tried using 4TB drives on this controller? And if so, which ones have you tried and did...

Question for RocketRaid 4320 owners: Have any of you tried using a 2TB 7k3000? Is it compatible? As some of you may know, Hitachi is shipping 7k3000s in their 7k2000 boxes now, but I already have an array of 7k2000s on my RR4320 that I want to add on to. Can I add these 7k3000s to my existing...

Awesome - this is great to hear. One of the drives in my array of 7K2000s just reported a few bad sectors, so I have a feeling I may have to replace them soon and I was hoping to do so with the newer 5K3000s. Now I can pick up a few replacements without hesitation.. As a side note: All of my...

SiRCYRO, Actually I haven't mixed them yet! I ended up replacing all of my WD20EADS's with 5k3000s (which are working well so far), but I haven't yet added to my 7k2000 array. I do have one standing by as a spare, and I'm starting to get a bit low on space, so I'll probably need to soon...

Reliability update: After only 2 weeks of operation, yet another 5K3000 I received from NewEgg has started to die and will be sent back. That makes 3 bad drives out of 5 drives from NewEgg (1 DOA, 2 with bad sectors). All 5 from Amazon have been issue-free.

Unable to wait for Hitachi's support to get back to me regarding the confusingly named "ML0NR580" firmware update they sent me, I went ahead and updated my 5k3000 w/ML6OA180 using the ML0NR580 firmware with hopes that they were compatible and would not explode. The result upon upgrade -...

So I heard back from Hitachi Support regarding the upgraded firmware for my 5k3000 drives with the ML60A180 firmware, and they sent me the ML0NR580 firmware as an upgrade. Its still unclear how ML0NR580 relates to ML60A580 (which exists on my other 5k3000 drives), but I've asked Adrian to...

So I was finally able to get the Hi Test utility working on a 32-bit Vista installation I had kicking around on an old laptop hard drive that I threw into a spare desktop. It didnt seem to work on any 64-bit installs of either Vista, Win 7, or Server 2003.. However, I just realized that I dont...

All drives have been sold. Thank you to everyone that inquired - this forum exceeded my expectations! Unwire.

Update - only 9 drives left. Note: To encourage orders of > 1 drive, I'll give you a deal on multiple quantities! Also, I've had a few folks ask me about heat rating. I've done quite a bit of selling on local Craigslists over the years, but this is the first time I've sold anything on a...

jadams - that's good to know! Which model motherboard is it that you have?

I performed read benchmarks on all the drives I got in with HD Tune, and although they did vary wildly, there didnt seem to be a correlation with PCBs color.. Furthermore, the PCB color varied even from the same store and the same manufacture date (month). Almost seems random?

For each new drive I receive, before I trust it in an array expansion/build, I do the following: 1. Check SMART values to ensure drive has not been used (low power on hours count) 2. Use HD Tune to do a full read scan 3. Use HD Tune to do a full write scan 4. If a WD drive, perform the full...

That's right, folks - these were a few of the last drives out of the factory that were able to have TLER enabled, making them suitable for RAID use. I have 10 of these available for sale. Since these are no longer being manufactured, they are perfect for anyone that has an existing array of...

$399 for the Ceton.. ouch!

Regarding expansion cards, if the mobo has good enough onboard video for BluRay, I probably wont need any.. (now that I've said that, I'll find a need as soon as I buy one!) As far as case depth you're right on - my Norco 4020 is pretty deep, and hangs off the back of my rac cage. Not a big...

Awesome - thanks for the link! I'm going to update all of my drives before throwing them in the array. As promised, the success rates of my recent NewEgg vs Amazon 5K3000 purchases: NewEgg: - 1 DOA - 1 had a big strip of bad sectors with HD Tune Pro Read Test - 3 OK Amazon.com: - All 5...

All of the drives I got from Amazon and 1 of 5 from newegg had firmware 180, so it would be nice to upgrade them too if possible. Perhaps if we contact Hitachi? I believe that's how I got the previous tool..

Good to hear, CookiePuss - I'd love to get a 1U rackmount chassis and throw it in my rack to use as an HTPC.. (currently using my old desktop mid-tower case, that's sitting beside my rack.. So non-aesthetically pleasing!) Anyone here using a 1U-sized rackmount as their HTPC? (dont mean to...

Yeah, HDHR has been stellar for me so far.. Luckily, all of my digital cable channels were thrown in for free when I got cable internet. BUT, that may change at any time.. which leads me to my next question: What's the general consensus for encrypted cable or non-FTA (paid for) satellite?

So I've opened the 5 NewEgg drives - 3 had blue PCBs and 2 had green. 4 of them had firmware 580, one of them had firmware 180. (at least I'm assuming the "FW" code refers to its firmware version) One of the blues were DOA, and one of the greens has a large area of bad sectors, as reported by...

So I unpacked the drives, and the ones from both NewEgg and Amazon both show a 3 year warranty. Unfortunately, the manufacture date is 12/10, so I'm already 4 months into it. As far as packaging, NewEgg used their standard styrofoam multipack wrapped in bubblewrap, in a box with some paper...

On a related note, are there any motherboards that have on-board GPUs that are fast enough to play bluray content? Or do you need a card?

MediaPortal is also worth a look, as it is pretty robust across various media formats and has fairly decent community support. It takes a bit more 'tinkering' than WMC to work nicely, but well worth it in my opinion.. :)

What were you planning to use a front-end to view all the media? I'm using MediaPortal, which allows you to organize and watch all of your TV Series episodes, Movies, watch live TV, listen to Pandora, or you local MP3 collection.. its pretty slick with the right skin too..

I'm using a dual-tuner HDHR with one OTA input and one digital cable input. As a front-end I am using MediaPortal TV Server, which is a pretty slick interface after you skin it, set up the program guide, etc. My version (HDHR-US) has two coaxial inputs, while the one you linked to has only one...

I recently bought a few 5K3000s from both NewEgg and Amazon - I haven't looked up the serials yet, but looking at the Amazon.com product page (http://www.amazon.com/Hitachi-Deskstar-3-5-Inch-CoolSpin-0F12117/dp/B004E9SGO0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301658247&sr=8-1) I can't actually find any...

Aren't we comparing the 7K2000 and 5K3000? The 7K2000 is 7200 RPM The 5K3000 is advertsed as "CoolSpin", but many sites are reporting it as 5940 RPM The sector size of both of these is 512 bytes. So these are ok to mix even thought hey run at different speeds?

Thanks, that's good to know! So what *is* the difference between them? Aside from the misleading name that would seem to indicate that its a 3TB drive? lol Seems odd that the "Deskstar 5K3000" family name is used to refer to the 3TB, 2TB, AND 1.5TB versions of the drive, while only the...

Yeah I tend to agree. This reminds me one of the first IT-related jobs I had 10-12 years ago or so - the servers in the lab had not been shut down over 5 years, but they company was moving to another location. The concern wasn't the downtime during the movement of the systems, but that they...

That's my suspicion as well. So having said that, do you think its not a good idea to have the controller spin down all array drives after a certain idle period of say, 3 hours? There certainly a power saving here (at least 100W with a full case) but if it increases the likelihood of drive...

..and just think of the money you'll be saving on your power bill! :)

The WD Green drives did allow you to disable TLER up to a point, then WD caught on that people were using these drives for RAID instead of their more expensive enterprise level drives and put and end to it. Now the popular choice seems to be Hitachis, as they work in RAID arrays without any...

Hitachis are pretty good for RAID setups. A SAS expander is essentially a port multiplier. It takes one SAS port as input, and gives you a bunch more. Since SAS ports on the actual RAID controller card are generally expensive, this gives you a way to add ports more cost effectively, as well...

Agreed - which is why I disabled Intellipark on all of my drives. Well, most of them allowed me to completely disable it, but some of them reported 300ms when I attempted to disable it. Whether it actually *was* disabled at this point or not I'm not sure. Then there's the question of which is...

I'm always nervous about having arrays that are larger than 10 disks or so. I'd suggest creating 1 RAID6 array of 10 drives, then creating a RAID5 array with the remaining 6. As you get more drives, you can convert the RAID5 to RAID6 and use OCE to accommodate the additional drives.