Best 2TB HDD for data dumping

[coldhart]

ST2000DL003 gets a vote from my end.

i already have 1 ST2000DL003 which is installed in pc believe me they are awesome hdds works just awesome bcoz of that hdd my seagate's opinion changed to better but newly manufactured ST2000DL003 have head parking & chirp sound issue(Correct me if im wrong) that's why im thinking about external hdd's i'm completely confused about what hdd should buy since even if warranty is there but if disk fail 2 tb of data will be lost.so tell me frnds what should i buy

 

[The Sorcerer]

I've been recommending that drive for a while now. People have been telling that EZRS EACS and EARX from WD Green have been giving issues. As far as internal goes, WD usually uses Green Series drives with the PCB having a direct Mini USB 2.0/USB 3.0 connector. But if you are considering external, you get 2TB 2.5" drives that takes power from a single USB 3.0 cable- there's an old one and there's a new one viz. ridiculously expensive IMO. There's also Seagate Backup plus. I have 1TB with me for reviewing. Maybe there's 2TB, maybe not.

 

[bubusam13]

Somebody reply to my post also which one should I buy ?

 

[coldhart]

@ The Sorcerer
thanks for reply frnd

i also seen on newegg & some other forum that wd green has high failure rate. since external mainly used as backup drive & have 3y warranty i thought they might be more reliable(correct me if im wrong) since its usb 3 they can give 150 mbps so suggest me both internal & external i'll buy one of them since my budget is 15k (+-1k) & intend to buy total 4 tb(2X2tb) storage so i cannot afford 2 wd black which is best in mainstream hdd's.

 

[The Sorcerer]

Like that if you see Green Series are pretty dicy ones, but I guess they're more for dumping data every once in a while, but that's speculation from my end. But the ones which I heard had were with what- 640GB/750GB per platters? The newer ones are 1TB per platter.

There's WD Red 2TB EFRX. There's also Barracuda XT- and there's ST2000DL003. This is Internal.
If you're external, maybe there's Seagate Backup Plus 2TB? I am not sure, but I don't see why not. There's also goflex series.

 

[coldhart]

@ The Sorcerer
is wd red series arrived in mumbai bcoz last week when i called lamington rd they told me they haven't even heard the name do u know when they will available in mumbai ? since wd red specially created for nas & heavy duty 24X7 usage im pretty sure they are best for normal day use & quite trustworthy.


Seagate Backup Plus 2TB is not available in lamington road (Mumbai) so any other options?
& how much it cost to buy an adapter for external hdd(for firewire & thunderbolt since they they are not included in package)

 

[coldhart]

@ The Sorcerer
is wd red series arrived in mumbai bcoz last week when i called lamington rd they told me they haven't even heard the name do u know when they will available in mumbai ? since wd red specially created for nas & heavy duty 24X7 usage im pretty sure they are best for normal day use & quite trustworthy.


Seagate Backup Plus 2TB is not available in lamington road (Mumbai) so any other options?
& how much it cost to buy an adapter for external hdd(for firewire & thunderbolt since they they are not included in package)

Any1 Plz

 

[whitestar_999]

will be very costly.better drop the idea or use usb 3.0 enclosure.
sata enclosure | eBay
InXtron SK-3500 USB 3.0 3.5 SATA enclosure
Theitdepot - USB Harddives (external)

 

[coldhart]

a good quality enclosure cost around 2k +7k for hdd which make 3rd party external enclosure make costly deal but on other hand external hdd cost me below 8k so plz suggest me good external hdd

 

[whitestar_999]

flip a coin/pray to god & buy either seagate or WD(these are the only 2 choices).it all depends on your luck.no matter what feature external casing has(usb2/3/e-sata)it is the drive inside which matters most.there are people who face no problems with WD & there are people who face no issues with seagate.

 

[bubusam13]

^^ best answer I must say.
Reading than above answers I was actually confused. My 6 years old HDD is running fine and I get 41Mb/s average. I didn't asked anybody then what to buy.

 

[riders4siam]

I've got a 2TB Seagate SATAIII a half year ago and now it starts giving me problems, while using it, a small beeps (don't know whether it's from the mobo or from the HD) and the Transfer mode switches to PIO mode. have tried running scandisk but could not be solved permanently, the problem came back again n again. well i was thinking recreating the partition could solve it but haven't finish transferring data to my new Seagate EXPANSION 2TB

 

[coldhart]

yesterday i bought 2 2tb hdds i want to know how can i check hdd's are proper functioning or not which tool should i use.

 

[whitestar_999]

use crystaldisk.check the S.M.A.R.T values daily & especially keep an eye on reallocated sector/pending sector/reallocation event.their raw values must not increase from 0000000.