That there is the problem - if you want your server to do anything but just serve files, especially if software raid is involved (not sure if you use it or not), having any other processes running will kill performance. WHS does not support RAID, software or otherwise. It uses some kind of JBOD sch...

I tried different SATA ports. Ok, I'm stumped, then... Bought the drive online and would need to send it via courier service and pay additional money for that and then wait. That is why I don't shop for HDDs and similar "sensitive" material on-line. Only CPUs (never had one die on me yet) and the o...

Sorry - I meant you would not be subject to extra VAT on import, as you are paying the UK rate. I had thought you were under the impression you would be hit for VAT & import duties on the way in, as you would be for a US purchase. Should have taken more notice of your comment about training to be a...

Try linitx.com (in the UK) for the Pico. Hmmm, I didn't know about that one. I'll check that out. Thanks! [EDIT]Hmm, €43,71 for a 120W Pico, all included... Nice![/EDIT] With the current exchange rate 1 euro is almost £1. Even with exchange rates and any fees, it should cost less than 45euro. Wh...

I wasn't aware the 360 psus were 12v - that makes things much easier. Although they are pretty big! I didn't know that, either. I was thrilled when I was told about it, because that means I won't have to scavenge for the impossible-to-find Dell 200W brick. It will have a fan, though, but that's pre...

I know I'm anal about how my stuff behaves, but this would prompt a drive to the store (this is one of the reasons I seldom buy on-line) and annoy the bejesus out of the store employee. Thankfully, they know me already (they don't need me to tell them my name at the checkout, that's always a weird s...

Ok, that is officially... weird. I never heard anything like that in my life, seriously. Just to be sure, though. Does that happen when you use the HDD on another hard surface? It can be a weird resonanse sound, or the case bobbling from side to side because of the extra vibration (:roll: yes, I'm f...

I have yet to see a brick rated above 8.5A@12V, which works out at just over 100W (and these 8.5A units have a fan). Well, I've seen 9A@12V bricks, though addmitedly they ARE rare. And you can also hack an XBox360 brick, those seem to be able to go as high as 200W@12V output, which is nice :) And, ...

First things first, what hardware are you using? The same hardware as the Sempron system that draws 28W at idle from the wall. Which means, 2.5'' HDD and a Pico (only way I know to go that low idling), so that leaves only the motherboard. Or some sort of software glitch that prevents the CPU of ent...

The best I've been able to do with G31 + E7200 is 39W at the wall at 999MHz @ 0.752V. That's... odd... Tom's Hardware got below that at stock... And that's with a 3.5'' HDD! First things first, what hardware are you using? The PSU and the HDD are two of the most important aspects. You'll probably w...

I must be very lucky because I haven't had any AM2 motherboards that haven't been able to go down to 0.800V setting at least. Yes, it has already been established that I suck at knowledge about AMD-based systems... :lol: No need to go through that again, right? Also, I have to agree on that absurd ...

First question is where can this board be purchased in the UK if it is available yet? Sorry, can't help you there, since I'm from Portugal. Are there any alternatives? I have only found 1 so far: the Jetway JNC62K (Geforce 8200). Do you want the 8200 specifically? Or you'd be willing to look at oth...

Well, that's exactly as expected... these are drives built around power efficiency, not performance :? I know, I was just poking at it, that's it. I think it's a great drive. To be able to average above 70MBps is just plain impressive, since the thing is ginourmous. And if you just average the firs...

Hi, guys. Good news: the first reviews started appearing. They're not from the "usual" sites, but those will probably appear in a short time. So, as of now, I've managed to find four: Trusted Reviews , Extremetech , Reg Hardware and finally Tweak Town . It seems the WD20EADS a little slower than the...

Oh, s#$%, I thought that value had one less digit, so I though "heh, 100k parks is not all that much, since the drive is rated for 300k". A bit on the high side, you'd only get about 2.5 years before the 300k ran out at that rate, if that were to be true. However, one million+ parks in only 10 month...

Yes. If you can click Add to Cart, it's in stock. Thanks, thats good news. Now just have to wait for someone in the UK to get stock. As well as hope it doesn't suffer from any problems like the WD sticky up above. I have a Samsung F1 1TB at the moment (as a data drive) and it is quite fast and quie...

Thanks Miguel. Welcome. Oh, right, I just answered another topic you created. That screen name did sound familiar... lol. It also seem strange your first reaction to "WOL" wasn't "WTF is that?!?", now I know why :P I think you could squeeze it in this one, it's related, after all. No problem, thoug...

Is there any way of having drives not spinning and working for a deliberate time but when you would chose to turn on the NAS you could simply turn on these drives? Usually Windows does that by itself, and most of current HDDs do too. After some time after being idle, they enter a "sleep" mode, wher...

Now you got me thinking if it wasn't just easier to clamp two HDDs into my main tower. Hmm. I thought the market was a bit further since I last checked a year ago... damn. I don't wanna build a new PC around it. Maybe if I'm not doing internally I'd hook it up with an eSATA case... well, no RAID1 t...

- as silent as possible for the price (best: fanless) and silent mounting of HDD - relatively small (shouldn't exceed much more space than for the drives plus power supply) - the cheaper the better (looking at something up to 100 Euro) - ready-to-go (buy off the shelf) - simple power-off and power-...

Hmmm, that error code seems to indicate the normal firmware doesn't support APM states. Or at least changing them. Not good, if that's true :? Also, though I do understand why WD is keeping quiet about consumer drives - they are not meant to be used 24/7, after all -, it does seem a bit yucky of the...

Actually, could you elaborate a bit? If there is a firmware update to WD10EACS somewhere, I have no idea where it is. That was exactly my question. Since the update is currently only available for RE2 drives, and you said wdidle3.exe was not working for you, I was afraid the firmware update didn't ...

Exactly.

2TB drives right now are for people THAT desperate for space

Cheers.

Miguel

zds, is that with an RE2 GP drive AFTER the firmware update?

If so, the problem might be deeper than we thought...

Cheers.

Miguel

This thread has most of the information you might need for that problem, so I'm redirecting you there for more information. If you don't want to read through the whole thread (which you should, btw), keep in mind that, as of this moment, WD only acknowledged and offered a solution for the RAID Edit...

Dream NAS - Chenbro ES34069 mini-ITX hotswap chassis with 4 x 2TB, coupled with a 32GB SSD as an OS drive, and an Atom based mini-ITX board running FreeNAS or Ubuntu Server with mdadm RAID 5. You'd get 6TB of storage with some drive failure protection. Wait, do you actually have one of those built?...

My bad again! When you mentioned PVRs I thought you meant the AV-GPs, which are listed as Consumer Electronics Drives and directly marketed for PVRs and HTPCs. Never mind about those. :oops: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=388&language=en No, it wasn't your bad, I really was ref...

2) A 4-platter, 7-head 1.5TB model (500GB/platter; it can also be a 4/8, short-stroked, though); ...wouldn't this be a 3-platter model - maybe with 6 heads??? Well, I would I likes that very much, but unless the power figures WD stated on the PDF are utterly wrong, or somehow WD managed to bend the...

Well, I might have some insight to that one. Take a look at this PDF, fresh from the WDC website about the new GP drives: 1) First things first, it seems there WILL be a 1.5TB WD15EADS, and also the "WD10EDVS", for PVRs. Which is nice. 2) There are a few mistakes on the PDF, namely the cache referen...

Hi again, guys. Just a little bump to see if anyone has new info on this one. Also, I have just read on the WD abnormal load/unload cycle issue thread here on SPCR that the new RE2 GP firmware enables some sort of "low power spinup". Can anyone give me the power figures for that one? If they are low...