[ale] OT: WD "Advanced Format" and "Green Drives"

[David M Lemcoe Jr.]

On 4/9/2010 11:19, Brian Pitts wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm thinking about getting a large, slow hard drive [0] for backups and
> media storage. I'll be putting it in a USB enclosure. Does anyone have
> experience, good or ill, with the latest Western Digital drives that use
> 4KiB blocks and "intellipark".
>
> [0] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136513
>
>    
I'm not sure about the Green Drives, but the Black drives (I own a 1TB 
SATA 3GB/s Black Cavier) are amazing. I would definitely recommend them, 
and they average about 100MBps. I would consider the premium for the 
Black drives over the Green ones.

David