expiredr_orange posted Oct 21, 2023 03:53 PM
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expiredr_orange posted Oct 21, 2023 03:53 PM
5TB WD Black P10 Game Drive USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive
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i prefer this HDD over an SSD for cold storage where transfer speed does not matter and there is no risk of bit rot. HDD's still have their use case.
Solid state is nowhere near as reliable when it comes to constant reads and writes, as well as for archiving data.
Leave a solid state drive on a shelf without power for as little as a year in some cases and data degradation can happen.
Aside from the fact that mechanical drives still provide the best TB per $/sqin. value, the main reason large data centers still use mechanical and tape is the reliability. Home NAS setups still focus on mechanical drives for the same reason. You don't need 5Gbps sustained reads to stream local 4k content when your network or internet only support a fraction of that and that kind of constant load on a solid state drive would kill it prematurely.
I'm not understanding why there's a growing belief that you can't use both simultaneously when they both serve a valid purpose.
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Probably slow as heck at 5400 huh
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Probably slow as heck at 5400 huh
Probably slow as heck at 5400 huh
https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/wd-...game-drive
https://gamingtrend.com/feature/r...ical-gets/
https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc...m_is
i prefer this HDD over an SSD for cold storage where transfer speed does not matter and there is no risk of bit rot. HDD's still have their use case.
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[Will only run PS4 and Xbone games not PS5 or Xbox Series.]
Solid state is nowhere near as reliable when it comes to constant reads and writes, as well as for archiving data.
Leave a solid state drive on a shelf without power for as little as a year in some cases and data degradation can happen.
Aside from the fact that mechanical drives still provide the best TB per $/sqin. value, the main reason large data centers still use mechanical and tape is the reliability. Home NAS setups still focus on mechanical drives for the same reason. You don't need 5Gbps sustained reads to stream local 4k content when your network or internet only support a fraction of that and that kind of constant load on a solid state drive would kill it prematurely.
I'm not understanding why there's a growing belief that you can't use both simultaneously when they both serve a valid purpose.
Just ordered another one for more bulk storage.
I keep My Documents - Pictures and music backed up on these. WD Black is very reliable storage. This is $5 cheaper than what I paid in 2020.
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Enclosure : WD Game Drive USB Device (V=1058, P=262F, sa1)
Model : WDC WD50NMZW-59A8NS1
Firmware : 01.01A01
Serial Number : WD-WXD1E******
Disk Size : 5000.9 GB (8.4/137.4/5000.9/5000.9)
Buffer Size : Unknown
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 9767475632
Rotation Rate : 5400 RPM
Interface : USB (Serial ATA)
Major Version : ACS-3
Minor Version : ACS-3 Revision 5
Transfer Mode : SATA/600 | SATA/600
Power On Hours : 27957 hours
Power On Count : 124 count
Temperature : 37 C (98 F)
Health Status : Good
Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, NCQ, TRIM, GPL
APM Level : 0080h [ON]
AAM Level : ----
Drive Letter : J:
CrystalDiskMark 8.0.4 x64 (C) 2007-2021 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World: https://crystalmark.inf
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes
[Read]
SEQ 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 108.207 MB/s [ 103.2 IOPS] < 9683.08 us>
RND 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 0.403 MB/s [ 98.4 IOPS] < 10136.31 us>
[Write]
SEQ 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 104.731 MB/s [ 99.9 IOPS] < 9935.36 us>
RND 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 12.936 MB/s [ 3158.2 IOPS] < 316.25 us>
Profile: Real
Test: 1 GiB (x5) [J: 45% (2079/4657GiB)]
Mode: [Admin]
Time: Measure 5 sec / Interval 5 sec
Date: 2023/10/21 17:53:53
OS: Windows 11 Professional [10.0 Build 22635] (x64)
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Mechanical drives do have longer seek times than modern solid state drives, but it's trivialized when you consider it's a metric measured in milliseconds and has been mitigated by large caches and preemptive strategies.
I don't think any consumer is considering this a direct replacement or peer for the solid state drive found in their console when upgrades for the internal storage are also being sold. If I recall correctly, you can't even launch PS5 or XBOX games off external storage.
As far as overall efficiency goes, that's more of a metric of longevity, not sustained R/W speed. Unfortunately, that's the lead that gets buried the most often.
Ask a consumer whether they'd want a drive that installs games in 5 minutes but starts wearing out in 2 years of heavy use, versus one that easily goes 5+ years but takes 20 minutes to install games and you might find that mechanical drives aren't all that unpopular. And that's before considering the price difference.
Considering this for anything outside of console use, however, is a no-brainer.
It's a fast drive at a good TB/$ for an external.
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