Which HDD ?

[EvylCyn]

Which hard drive would you purchase and why?

Hitachi Ultrastar A7K3000 HUA723020ALA640

or

Western Digital RE 2TB WD2000FYYZ

both are enterprise, 2TB, and 7200 rpm, and have 64mb cache, WD RVS tech, and 5yr warranty.

[fbm211]

Neither.
Id get a velociraptor sata 3.

[Chino]

I prefer to stay away from huge drives because if they fail or die, you lose everything. On the other hand if you had 2 separate drives, you can split that data up between them and even if one dies, you'll only lose 50% of your stuff. But that's just me. 😛

[Lockques]

I'll go for Western Digital RE 2TB WD2000FYYZ;)

[EvylCyn]

I will be purchasing 4 of these drives for a RAID 10 setup for my data. My OS is on an SSD

As for the WD Velociraptor, I maybe wrong, but I don't believe that TLER is enabled and that the firmware won't let you enable it. I know this is true for WD Caviar Blacks built after April '11 or so.

If anyone has any other suggestions that would work well in a RAID, I'm open to them.

[EvylCyn]

I'm asking because the Hitachi is cheaper, but I would like to get the WD's. Am I sacrificing the quality for a few dollars? Or I'm I paying extra for a brand name?