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WD's Monster 2TB Caviar Green Drive, Preview Test

Posted by timothy on from the what-would-this've-cost-in-1999? dept.

MojoKid writes "Today Western Digital is announcing their WD20WEADS drive, otherwise known as the WD Caviar Green 2.0TB. With 32MB of onboard cache and special power management algorithms that balance spindle speed and transfer rates, the WD Caviar Green 2TB not only breaks the 2 terabyte barrier but also offers an extremely low-power profile in its standard 3.5" SATA footprint. Early testing shows it keeps pace with similar capacity drives from Seagate and Samsung."

2 of 454 comments (clear)

  1. 2,000,000,000,000 by desmondmonster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Seriously, at some point won't all this space be enough for anybody?

  2. Christ! Slashdot, get a brain! by Master+of+Transhuman · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I looked to the first page to see if anybody is complaining about the speed variations due to the "green" power balancing - and the whole first page is a bunch of morons arguing about powers of 2!

    Morons.

    Who gives a shit if the drive is only 1.8TB instead of precisely 2TB? The question is the performance and reliability of the drive. "Green" drives suck at performance, and the Seagate 1TB and 1,5TB drives are unreliable. So what's the story on the WD?

    Fuck powers of two!

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    Richard Steven Hack - This sig is TOO GODDAMN SHORT TO DO ANYTHING USEFUL WITH! MORONS!