Are All External Hard Drives Created Equal?
I have two WD external hard drives...dinosaur's by today's standards...they're large...like a big book...I notice that many of the newer ones are not much larger than a pack of cigarettes and run stri...
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8.1 Van wrote:RayJayco wrote:
3.5" drives are being phased out for the most part as the 2.5" are typically more reliable, less prone to damage from vibration and use less power. This info is easy to find if you do some searches for enterprise hard drives.
You can buy an enclosure and install your hard drive of choice in it.
Looks like 3.5" is still bigger than 2.5" for datacenter drives.
enterprise hard drives
Take a good look at the info on your link... Note things such as MTBF (mean time between failure), workload, which is marked for mission critical, high performance, etc... As well as what they are designed for...
Yes, they still make 3.5" drives, however as I said, the manufacturers are moving towards 2.5" drives, especially for enterprise calibur drives. For home users, whatever...
If you want to know what features will be on "regular" cars in the future, look at the Mercedes "S" class. If you want to know where hard drives are going, look at the enterprise class...
Edit- As a note, the 3.5" drives have larger plates for more storage capacity, they also typically wear out quicker...
