This drive spins at 5900RPM. Would I notice much of a difference between this drive and a 7200RPM. Thanks.
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On reading I noticed less than 5% difference than the ST3000DM001, On writing I saw the expected drop, around 15-16%. I wouldn't use that as a reason not to by these drives. I have 48 of them in 4 -8 drive RAID arrays. They are rock solid, perform well and run cooler than 7200 RPM drives.
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It depends on your user environment. 7200 rpm drives will be more responsive to a certain extent. However, slower spinning drives run cooler and require less power. Depending on your usage scenario you might benefit choosing either. You need to carefully assess what it is that you need to accomplish. There is an excellent review on anandtech that was published recently where multitude of NAS drives were put to the test. Every drive tested had redeeming factors. You might want to check it out. Article title "wd red pro review 4 tb-drives for nas systems benchmarked. Hope this helps.
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It depends on the type of data. For sustained reads and writes, like with files larger than a few MB, there is likely no performance difference. However the 7200RPM will have a performance advantage in response time and reads/writes with very small files. In general, the 5900 would be better for data storage and media, where the 7200RPM would be better for Operating Systems and application data.
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Possibly - depending on several factors. Data size would be one. The other factor would be what NAS you have and what the data rate (throughput) is. Most manufacturers don't publish this beyond interface speed, but you may be able to find benchmarks on the web.I replaced 2 WD Green drives with three of these and added a mSATA accelerator to my Drobo 5N and it was a marked improvement. In this case the mSATA was likely most responsible for the boost.Short answer - the Green drives are 5400 variable speed while this drive is 5900. I doubt you would see any detriment over a 7200 drive in general use. Possibly - depending on several factors. Data size would be one. The other factor would be what NAS you have and what the data rate (throughput) is. Most manufacturers don't publish this beyond interface speed, but you may be able to find benchmarks on the web.I replaced 2 WD Green drives with three of these and added a mSATA accelerator to my Drobo 5N and it was a marked improvement. In this case the mSATA was likely most responsible for the boost.Short answer - the Green drives are 5400 variable speed while this drive is 5900. I doubt you would see any detriment over a... » Read More Possibly - depending on several factors. Data size would be one. The other factor would be what NAS you have and what the data rate (throughput) is. Most manufacturers don't publish this beyond interface speed, but you may be able to find benchmarks on the web.I replaced 2 WD Green drives with three of these and added a mSATA accelerator to my Drobo 5N and it was a marked improvement. In this case the mSATA was likely most responsible for the boost.Short answer - the Green drives are 5400 variable speed while this drive is 5900. I doubt you would see any detriment over a 7200 drive in general use. « Show Less
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I have a 16 GB SSD and a 5400 RPM. Watchout, the disk name is WD7500 but it stands for 750GB not 7500rpm; hopefully the previous commenter is right.
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Yes, it definitely matters. CIB sent me a list of comapatible SATA HDDs. They are ALL 7200 RPM. I bought the Western Digital WD10EADS, 1 teraByte drive. This will hold about 1 month of video from four 700TVL cameras at 60IPS. You may have to format the hard drive before installation. The electronic store where you buy the HDD can help you with that. Seagate, Maxtor and Hitachi also make 7200 RPM compatible HDD. Don't be shy about contacting CIB Customer Service at 408-736-3070. They have been most helpful to me on other things, like setting up internet access.
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The drive is very quite for a large storage device. I have 2 hooked up and it's still quite. They only spin up when you need them.
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I can check later when I take it offline. Right now the green disk access light is flashing rapidly indicating a lot of disk activity. In other words, it is currently recording some TV via my Snapstream / Beyond TV recording software. I'll get back to this maybe next week. I do know that it is 7200 RPM.
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Just checked one of mine (using a great tool called "Crystal Disk Info". Great Tool, just choose "Custom install" {not express} and opt out of anything else, it's just bogus ads)So the speed says 5400RPM and it says 8Meg of flash (RAM). The actual internal hard drive is: wd10jmvw-11ajgs1 Look it up for more specs on the drive inside. Enjoy!
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They don't publish what speed it is. They source different hard drive manufacturers. More than likely it is 7200 to meet the specs. From the various reviews from professionals, it meets their published specs. The transfer rates are very good. I liked mine.
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I don't know that, but I would seriously look at the rating on this drive. Mine died an early death and I'm not the only one this has happened to.
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I don't think there's a reliable answer because I think WD puts in whatever drive is available. I haven't heard WD give any answer to this question. It's really slow, so it may be a 5400 drive.
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It's 5400 rpm. Although 7200 rpm discs are usually faster at gathering data this hard drive will outperform both 5400 and 7200 standard hard drives. It's cache and solid state memory allows the drive to gather and process data very quickly. From the time I hit the power button to Windows 8.1 being up and ready to go usually clocks at around 14 to 18 seconds. I have an HP Envy DV6. Laptop with an I7 processor 6 gigs of Ram. Since installing this hard drive I have not found a desktop or another laptop that can keep up.
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The label on the hdd says 3.0 gb/sec and 7200 rpm. I've read that the original ps3 hdd was 5400 rpm and a small speed increase can be expected in going to 7200 rpm.
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Yes and no, I have two of them (2TB and 4TB), the 2TB is 7200 but the 4TB is 5900. It appears all of them are 7200 except for the 4TB.The models of the actual (internal) drives are ST2000DM001 and ST4000DM000. In case you want to google some more.
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Ive noticed mine running quite a bit hotter, I think its because the system is able to run faster, so it takes a little more power to the processor. I have compared power specs of the drives, and they are VERY similar, so its not a problem there. I can get a thermometer and compare temps, I have a stock one I use also, so I can run them side by side, and take temps from both to see how they compare. I have ran it quite a bit with the new drive, it IS noticeably faster, and I haven't had any issues yet with stability or crashes.
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5400 is slow. It also allows the drive to produce significantly less heat. Pack several drives into a small space and heat becomes an issue. I don't need my NAS to be fast. I do need it to be reliable. Cooking the drive in the middle caused me trouble in the past.
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If it was it'd cost thousands of dollars. No, it's a 5400rpm drive. But more than adequate if you don't need super fast.
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From what I found on HP's site you should have no problem replacing your 40Gb with the WD1600AAJB 160Gb drive. And at $32 it's a good option. It IS an IDE drive. Be sure you match the jumper in the back to match your existing drive. Since you're replacing a 7200 rpm with another 7200 rpm I don't think you will see much of a speed difference since the specifications are pretty much the same. The seek time is the only difference I can find from 10 (old drive) to 8.9ms (new drive).
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The drive spins down if not used for a while. Both the drive and the power adapter feel cool. According to my Kill-A-Watt the drive draws 3 watts when idle and about 10 W when spinning/seeking. It's too bad the idle power isn't closer to zero -- I may have to start unplugging.