What are your opinion(s) of the 1T Drive? Most info on here seem to be on the larger HDs.
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I've had it for more than a year now, first used as a backup to the principle computer, now as backup to the secondary. No problems, works like a charm.
195594
YES!!! Those are the dimentions of my 1TB HD, and is perfect too!!! Don´t worry about!
213010
to you it looks like 1 drive. The firmware on the drive uses the ssd for the most active files. you don't control that. format the partition and load your os. i think you will like it! I am really very happy with the performance; it is very smooth and very consistent.
1930257
This unit has a 1TB HDD. The 1GB listed is an error. A request has been made to have it corrected.
793028
From everything that I read, you are correct. 1TB 7200 RPM HDD with 2*256 SSD.
1152555
I haven't opened my case yet, but I have a 500 GB solid state drive. It's possible it can be a Western Digital, but I don't know if they vary based on drive size. The 1 TB drive could be from a different manufacturer.
527108
ABSOLUTELY. I have been using a pair of 3TB, a pair of 4T and a pair of 1 TB seagates for some time with no problems. I do not use any of their special back-up software. (KIK, Ph.D.)
771398
All I can tell you is that I had this drive for 6 months and it works perfectly, it is 1.5TB. Again I can't compare because I have not owned the 1TB Blue SATA
96349
Dr. Bozarth, I take all reviews with a grain of salt of course. I also noticed the disparity in the ratings between the two sites. I usually frequent thehomeservershow.com. Many of the forum members are I.T. Professionals, or like myself, a medical professional with a keen interest in technology. The Western Digital Green Drives were the go to drives in the past, but were not ideal for NAS/RAID situations. Many of the members have had good luck with the RED drives, but still recommend a program such as SpinRite or HD Tune Pro to evaluate the drive before putting it into service. I can only recall one situation where a member reported a DOA Red Drive, and many more situations where the Green drives presented problems. The recommended drives for your scenario would be the WD Red drives or the Seagate NAS drives. RAID-1 would be a good solution, and a cloud backup such as CrashPlan on top of that. I have personally purchased two 3TB Red drives and have had no problems with them in the 6-12 months I have owned them. Hope this helps.
799929
for everyone this data will be of interest: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/best-hard-drive/these are big samples, 2014 data, and the models of HGST 4TB drives are outperforming others in terms of reliability as well as price/perf
1123021
I currently have a 3TB drive in it and it's working fine. I cannot comment on 4TB.
1128358
Thanks for the update. Did you mean the WD 5400 rpm 1tb drive 8 cache.. Can't find it in 7200 rpm. Thanks
348771
I actually have the 1TB model. I am not sure, but I don't think that this feature is available in the 1 TB model.
1950819
The 5400rpm Best Buy's (NP700Z5B-W01UB) model HDD was a deal breaker for me. Besides Amazon's tax savings offset the price difference, so you get all 4 additional features (7200 HDD, 8G SSD, backlit keyboard, better video) for about $100 considering shipping and the current $150-$200 price difference. However the mention of the 5400rpm drive in S03 (and I'm sure S04) models made me think again. It's gotta be some difference with S01/S02 and the drive seems to be it. Another thing that one reviewer (of the S04) confirmed is that the 8G SSD is indeed proprietary tech (built into and inseparable from the HDD) and thus unavailable as a separate drive letter. I use Linux as my primary OS, so I don't care about Windows startup or IE speed. I don't think Linux would pick up the SSD at all. Which makes me go back to the stripped down Best Buy model. I'd simply swap its slow HDD with a full-size (256G+) SSD which can be had for $300 nowadays. I can live w/o the backlit keyboard and as far as the less capable video card, it's a business notebook, not a water-cooled gaming rig anyway.
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I would never consider a 4 TB boot drive because I do not believe it's a great idea to keep data on the boot drive, for many valid reasons. I would also never build a system with a traditional platter HD. I installed an SD in my laptop, saw what I'd been missing, and installed one in my primary desktop. Best upgrade I ever made.I use WD Caviar Black drives for all of my data, as secondary drives. One issue with 4 TB drives is that some devices for streaming will not recognize them at all (Such as the WD TV Live).
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Not clear to me why someone would say that? The 2TB model includes a 2 TB drive. 1 TB includes a 1TB drive, and zero means you have to add your own drive.
1947010
I just finished installing this 1TB and it worked like a charm... 828GB free out of 931GB. I'll update this if any thing changes...