Seagate Breaks Capacity Ceiling With World's First 3 Terabyte External Desktop Drive

[safan80]

Or you can just use one of these.

http://selectedcomputers.co.uk/image...bhddockaxp.jpg

If you have a pile of 2.5" and 3.5" drives lying around it's superior.

+1
I have one of these that uses Esata and it rocks.
I'm adding the pic to the post for those who are click link impaired

[Sn0wm@n]

Does my iSCSI storage count as external storage? If so then it rocks

More on point without any dimensions I'd wager this is a 3TB drive as they'd otherwise have to use RAID0 on an external which is.. suicide.

yes it counts... everything that isnt internal storage is in the external category ... btw id like to see pics of that setup if you dont mind

[WhiteFireDragon]

The price is kinda high but it's good to see new HDD tech

$250 isn't too bad, considering a 2tb WD drive was $300 when it came out.

More on point without any dimensions I'd wager this is a 3TB drive as they'd otherwise have to use RAID0 on an external which is.. suicide.

i hope this is a real single physical 3tb drive rather than two drives in an array. i don't think RAID0 is the only array that adds up the capacity, i think JBOD also lets you combine the capacities. there was on external enclosure i was thinking about getting that lets you do JBOD on two drives, so if this is two drives, i think they implemented that on here.

[The_Beast]

I think it's expensive. I can get a Samsung F3EG for $110 and a nice all aluminum enclosure with eSata, USB and firewire for $40. So $150 for a 2Tb external HDD is a lot better than $250 for a 3Tb HDD

I usually just look to find what is fairly cheap, since the price range is pretty wide.

This is the one I have right now.

http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-EC-EST.../dp/B000I6JQH4

I've been using these for a while, very nice enclosures, even nice enough to mod

http://www.amazon.com/Macally-G-S350...7890779&sr=1-1

[Magic Chief]

Hopefully everyone else follows suit.

[[XC] Lead Head]

how many platters is this thing? is it more than 4? i personally dont trust hdd with more than 4 platters

I have a 10 year old 10 platter full height drive in my computer right now - and you're complaining about 4?

[Aerwidh]

+1
I have one of these that uses Esata and it rocks.
I'm adding the pic to the post for those who are click link impaired

I have one right here, too. It's great!

[Mats]

Here
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Upgrade Cable — Powered eSATA
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/accessories

If you mean the "STAE103" then it'e seems like it's made for two other types.
"Works with: GoFlex and GoFlex Pro ultra-portable drives"
The 3 TB you posted is a GoFlex Desk, and they look pretty different too. But I'm pretty sure an eSATA will show up for this one as well.

[JF-AMD]

I have a 10 year old 10 platter full height drive in my computer right now - and you're complaining about 4?

What about the old Seagate ST4096? Full height 5.25" drive. I think it weighed more than my current computer but provided a massive 80MB of storage.

[ripken204]

i was so excited until i saw "external"

[JF-AMD]

i was so excited until i saw "external"

If the capacity and price meet your needs, just pop the case open. They are just SATA drives on the inside. It would potentially impact the warranty however.

[onethreehill]

The World's First 3TB HDD: Seagate GoFlex Desk 3TB Review
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3858/t...esk-3tb-review

[damha]

5 600GB platters.

[Chrono Detector]

Quote from the review:

Hard drives aren’t fond of very high temperatures, it tends to reduce their lifespan. But in this case, the temperatures got high enough that performance went down as well. Over a USB 3.0 connection you can get > 130MB/s write speed to the drive in the 3TB GoFlex Desk. Once the drive temperature hit the mid-60s, sequential write speed dropped to ~50MB/s. The drop in write speed has to do with the increased number of errors while operating at high temperatures.

WTF.... once the hard drive gets warm the writing speeds are dropped in half, thats not acceptable.

Anyways... I prefer to see an internal 3TB instead, and not from Seagate, had nothing but trouble with them.

[tiro_uspsss]

Quote from the review:



WTF.... once the hard drive gets warm the writing speeds are dropped in half, thats not acceptable.

Anyways... I prefer to see an internal 3TB instead, and not from Seagate, had nothing but trouble with them.

do I read ur sig correctly? u have TWENTY dvd drives??

[MirageSys]

do I read ur sig correctly? u have TWENTY dvd drives??

I think he meant to put an "X" after the 20. As in 20 times write speed. Not 20 drives. That would be a bit.... excessive... and one ugly case.

[tiro_uspsss]

I think he meant to put an "X" after the 20. As in 20 times write speed. Not 20 drives. That would be a bit.... excessive... and one ugly case.

care to place a bet?

[MirageSys]

care to place a bet?

I do not think so. Judging by his 12gb of ram, he has a fancy for the excess. I only bet on a sure thing. :P

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

I said I"d never buy a 4 platter drive and recently got a 2TB 4 platter drive. 6 is another beast. 12 heads to crash, only the probability there.

I wonder how the survival rate of these drives will pan out.

I think I'll wait for the first 750gb platers to hit the market before considering another move up.

[adpr_02]

I'd say price is kinda low... Don't new high-capacity drives usually come out at 300$? This one's enclosed, too.

[rado992]

Quote from the review:



WTF.... once the hard drive gets warm the writing speeds are dropped in half, thats not acceptable.

Anyways... I prefer to see an internal 3TB instead, and not from Seagate, had nothing but trouble with them.

How is a max temperature of 69°C in any way just "warm"? That's completely unacceptable in my book. I really wonder what the longevity of the drive will be at those temperatures... I call fail, because seagate couldn't/didn't bother to even design an enclosure that won't overheat the drive. Otherwise it's a nice bump in capacity and speed (it's a 7200RPM drive, after all), but this heat issue is enough to put me off.

[ripken204]

they should have made it 5400RPM then, it would decrease heat and increase longevity.
who really needs 7200RPM for a storage drive anyways?

[lutjens]

I do not think so. Judging by his 12gb of ram, he has a fancy for the excess. I only bet on a sure thing. :P

You know, nothing exceeds like excess...


As for this drive, I'm unimpressed...I still remember the Barracuda fiasco of a few years ago. The fact that the drive runs very hot in the supplied external enclosure suggests that Seagate hasn't learned their lessons yet.