OT - hoping for some pointers ....

[JD]

I have been looking for 2TB 2.5", 7200RPM drive to no avail.
There are 5400 rpm drives - but I found them considerably
slower than 7200 RPM drives.

If anyone has the "inside scoop" on this, would sure appreciate
the info.

Cheers,

JD

[Frank McCormick]

On 26/12/14 07:27 PM, jd1008 wrote:
> I have been looking for 2TB 2.5", 7200RPM drive to no avail.
> There are 5400 rpm drives - but I found them considerably
> slower than 7200 RPM drives.
>
> If anyone has the "inside scoop" on this, would sure appreciate
> the info.
>
> Cheers,
>
> JD

http://www.seagate.com/ca/en/products/enterprise-servers-storage/nearline-st...

[JD]

On 12/26/2014 06:39 PM, Frank McCormick wrote:
> On 26/12/14 07:27 PM, jd1008 wrote:
> > I have been looking for 2TB 2.5", 7200RPM drive to no avail.
> > There are 5400 rpm drives - but I found them considerably
> > slower than 7200 RPM drives.
> >
> > If anyone has the "inside scoop" on this, would sure appreciate
> > the info.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > JD
>
> http://www.seagate.com/ca/en/products/enterprise-servers-storage/nearline-st...

Thank you Frank. Searched Using your link, I also searched seagate for 
other
models which would be more like 9mm depth so they will fit in a laptop.
The ones in the link you provide are 15mm :) Will never fit in the laptop :(
Unfortunately, Seagate itself does not seem to produce 9mm 2.5" 7200 RPM 
2TB drives.
I found for example model STBD2000102 which is 8.8mm 2TB 2.5-inch but 
only 5400RPM.
Ditto with the Seagate/Samsung model number ST2000LM003, which 9.5mm.
Both have on-the-wire speeds of 6gbps.

Must continue searching.

Cheers,

JD

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[Tom Horsley]

> Must continue searching.

Have you tried newegg.com? They have a handy set of filters
on the left side once you get down into hard drives. I see
some 9.5mm drives, but no 9mm drives (and none bigger than 1TB).

[Mike Chambers]

On Fri, 2014-12-26 at 17:27 -0700, jd1008 wrote:
> I have been looking for 2TB 2.5", 7200RPM drive to no avail.
> There are 5400 rpm drives - but I found them considerably
> slower than 7200 RPM drives.

What bout your nearest BestBuy?

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Fri, 2014-12-26 at 20:39 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote:
> On 26/12/14 07:27 PM, jd1008 wrote:
> > I have been looking for 2TB 2.5", 7200RPM drive to no avail.
> > There are 5400 rpm drives - but I found them considerably
> > slower than 7200 RPM drives.
> >
> > If anyone has the "inside scoop" on this, would sure appreciate
> > the info.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > JD
>
> http://www.seagate.com/ca/en/products/enterprise-servers-storage/nearline-st...

I've had some bad experiences with Seagate (had to replace both 1TB
drives in an Iomega NAS; luckily they were RAID1 and failed at different
times). The following is often cited, though it's a year old and may not
reflect current products:

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/01/putting-hard-drive-rel...

poc

[Tom Horsley]

Well, if you really want a fast 2TB laptop drive, you could
get an SSD drive - they only cost about $3000 in that size :-).