Using the Green WD10EADS in a Mirror What are the Pros/Cons of mirroring two of these for the OS in a Vista Home Premium Box, E8500, 4GB?What (if any) performance or issues would happen if you used a Black WD1001FALS as the primary in the mirror instead of the Green WD10EADS ? Using the Green WD10EADS in a Mirror What are the Pros/Cons of mirroring two of these for the OS in a Vista Home Premium Box, E8500, 4GB?What (if any) performance or issues would happen... » Read More Using the Green WD10EADS in a Mirror What are the Pros/Cons of mirroring two of these for the OS in a Vista Home Premium Box, E8500, 4GB?What (if any) performance or issues would happen if you used a Black WD1001FALS as the primary in the mirror instead of the Green WD10EADS ? « Show Less
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In my opinion, it is best to buy two identical drives at the same time when setting up either Raid 0 or 1. Dell replaced 1 failed raptor in Raid 0 with two new raptors. Speed differences between the two drives can really hamper performance.
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If you have a Black and Green mirrored together, it will handle writes at only the speed of the slower drive - both drives must be written. Reads should be shared between the drives - I dunno if the OS would be smart enough to do more reads from the Black than the Green - I wouldn't count on it. Overall, not recommended. Best to use two of the same drives for a mirror.
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Hi William: I have so far had a good experience with the LaCie 3TB minimus (with Windows 7). It is possible I may have a review of it on Amazon. My concerns were largely issues of formatting a 3TB drive. But an official vendor's quote could be taken if you make a pdf of the Amazon page for the relevant product. I would think the same goes for any other site. And give the school a printout of the pdf. They can verify it independently as well once you have given them the pdf. If the school is bureaucratic about it get written quotes from neighbourhood computer stores. That ought to do it. Good luck!! Hi William: I have so far had a good experience with the LaCie 3TB minimus (with Windows 7). It is possible I may have a review of it on Amazon. My concerns were largely issues of formatting a 3TB drive. But an official vendor's quote could be taken if you make a pdf of the Amazon page for the relevant product. I would think the same goes for any other site. And give the school a printout of the pdf. They can verify it independently as well once you have given them the pdf. If the school is bureaucratic about it get written quotes from neighbourhood computer stores. That ought to do it.... » Read More Hi William: I have so far had a good experience with the LaCie 3TB minimus (with Windows 7). It is possible I may have a review of it on Amazon. My concerns were largely issues of formatting a 3TB drive. But an official vendor's quote could be taken if you make a pdf of the Amazon page for the relevant product. I would think the same goes for any other site. And give the school a printout of the pdf. They can verify it independently as well once you have given them the pdf. If the school is bureaucratic about it get written quotes from neighbourhood computer stores. That ought to do it. Good luck!! « Show Less
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Not sure why you would want to do it that way. With mirrored drives you already have drive redundancy. If a drive goes bad, pull it out and put in the new drive. There are better ways to provide for offsite backup than to keep pulling a drive and having the raid rebuild itself.
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You can see the comparison at the bottom of the Elements page. Only thing that separates the two is some crappy software. Save your money buy the WD Element.
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Hi. I never use greens, they fail to quickly. Red is ok, ensure you are ok with RPM. I tried 6tb red, didn't work. 4tb is max from my experience. I have two of these, work best on eSATA. Enjoy.
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I am a Vidotron customer with a Illico DVR (Explorer 8300HD+ with 320GB hard drive). Western Digital web site reports compatibility with my Explorer is only with their 500GB model. I requested compatibility report to WD with their 1TB model and my Explorer but no news yet. I see many people with my Explorer model have installed the 1TB version and it appears to be working fine. I am undecided about buying either the 500GB or 1TB version. Do both versions work with my Explorer unit ? Can anybody confirm this? Please advise if you can. Thanks very much, regards.
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These are the latest version that WD makes :) I would suggest that you call Western Digital's support line... They are both very helpful and completely knowledgeable about their products...
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The WD500gig green on the approved list is what I used first . After that one died I put in a similar WD750gig green taken from an old computer. If I was going to try a 1t , I would try an early (as in old) WD green. Then it still might not wake up if allowed to sleep.
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Yes, it's the same. No idea why they did it, but they decided to go with colors instead of fish eggs. :-DSorry to hear about your failure. As I comment elsewhere here, it's particularly unusual. I've had about a dozen different WD Blacks in the last 13 years, never ever had one fail, even after about 9 years of use. Every one that I've retired was retired because it became inadequate capacity (LOL: 200gigs) rather than because of failing functionality.
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Hi Craig, Thanks for your useful input. At this stage I think I too should have gone for the 1TB model. Now I can't seem to download video clips onto the 1.5 TB. It starts off OK then freezes and the usual Task Manager solutions don't seem to help and I end up with the dreaded blue screen. I have to switch off and start again. Very boring. If anyone has a solution would be most grateful for help
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It is 2x2TB drives and you end up with 4TB of usable space because this drive is hard-wired as a raid0 so it is not mirrored. Hope this helps.
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Just make sure that you aren't going to use it as master boot, windows won't use more then to 2tb and the other 2tb are unusable. As far as Green vs Black WD Black These high-performance SATA drives combine 7200 RPM spin speed, up to 64 MB cache, SATA 3 Gb/s interface, and an integrated dual processor for lightning-fast performance in demanding desktop, workstation, and multi-drive systems. WD Green These drives make it possible for energyconscious customers to build systems with higher capacitiesand the right balance of system performance,ensured reliability, and energy conservation.
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Yes - and basically, it's whichever WD Green SATA drive is plentiful inventory-wise at the build time for these enclosures, so it varies from batch to batch. But they're all in the same category of performance and specs. I've gone through 4 of them just to harvest the drives as they're typically a little less cost than the bare drive at some vendors.
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I'm in the process of doing this exact upgrade, except up to 480 GB. Using Macrium Reflect Free, I was able to clone the drive, swap it into the Series 9, and the computer is acting perfectly. It worked. The problem is that even though it's a 480 GB drive, windows just shows it as the same size as old one, with 300GB of "unallocated" space that I can't figure out how to make accessible. If you figure it out, please let me know how you did it! My thread is one of the other Q & A threads on this same product.
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Mine worked with windows. Second time a back up external hard drive no good with Carbonite Mirror complete computer back up. A big 3T external hard drive and this much small but super fast LaCle Porche design external hard drive. The hard drive worked great. The mirror program sucks. The regular carbonite backup works great. Will not subscribe again for the Mirror complete computer back up.
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As Stan Lee mentioned -- there are various tools that allow you to mirror the installed drive to another drive. Something like Acronis True Image 2015 for PC should work.
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The bad drive can be replaced while the unit is running and will rebuild itself, as long as the "Mirroring" default was not changed. New drives can be ordered from the Western Digital site.