What I did was simply partition the disk as I like it to be, and then, download and boot into the WD Align tool to have it correct my partitions. Forget about all the hacks you can find in Google they may or may not work. Overall Review: Here is how I make it works nicely on a Redhat Linux system. The label on the disk says that it will work with Other OS without adjustment, which is definitely incorrect with regard to Linux. The 5400 rpm really does not seem to slow down the disk, IF you have the partitions aligned correctly on 4K boundaries.Ĭons: The WD Align tool should come with each of the disk sold, even if that adds $1 to the total cost. After applying the WD Align-ment, I benchmarked transfer of 70G data to be under 20 minutes that was more than two times faster than transfer the same amount of data to the 7200 rpm Seagate disk it replaces (but that one has bad sectors that's why it's slow to reallocate, anyway). It paves ways to get familiar with the advanced format disks that's going to take over the market eventually. Pros: The disk is fast, quiet and cheap (per GB). All 3 WD Green 1 TB drives have been trouble free.
#WESTERN DIGITAL WD10EADS REVIEW FULL#My 16mb version was having issues & was virtually unusable & I was about to RMA.I spent the time to reformat with a full format.that was over a year ago. I have the 16mb & 32mb cache versions in my WHS & added the 64mb cache (this one) in my main PC. Overall Review: Many people complain about the high failure rate of the 1 TB+ drives. You need to know what you're doing to take full advantage of the drive. Only 40mb/s write speed in IDE mode.Ĭons: 1. I have Win7 圆4 and achieve Sustained write speed of 80mb/s with AHCI enabled over my Gbit network. I know it's slow but your patience will be rewarded. #WESTERN DIGITAL WD10EADS REVIEW HOW TO#You must know how to take advantage of the drive.Ģ. Pros: This drive is fast, and dead silent. Move the start of your first partition to block 64, and it makes all the difference in the world. As a result, your partitions will start on 63-sector boundaries. The thing is, the cylinders are faked, and they're reported as being 63 sectors. The problem is that fdisk starts partitions on "cylinder" boundaries. Make sure that it is an integer multiple of 8. Once the partition is created, type 'x' to get into expert mode, then use the 'b' command to move the starting sector of the partition. To use fdisk, create a primary partition like normal. WD claims that Linux is "unaffected", but this is false, since many critical Linux tools like fdisk do not do the right thing by default. #WESTERN DIGITAL WD10EADS REVIEW WINDOWS 7#Windows 7 reportedly does the right thing, while Windows XP does not. Overall Review: You really need to know what you're doing if you're going to use these drives with Linux. They also survived very heavy initial utilization when I was setting them up and copying on large files (Time Machine backups).Ĭons: If you don't know what you're doing, you can get lousy write performance (a factor of 3.3 performance drop across the board, according to an article on OSNews). SMART data reports good health for both drives. I haven't had them a long time, so I can't tell you how reliable they will ultimately be, but here's what I know: They're been running continuously ever since I got them. It's a 5400RPM drive, so that's what you get, but the performance of my RAID1 array is more than acceptable. Pros: Quiet, power-efficient, good price.
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