Seagate 500Gb 16m cache

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Detailed Description
High performance storage!

This Seagate ST3500630NS Barracuda ES is the industry's most reliable, highest capacity hard drive for business-critical applications!

Features include 500 gigabyte storage capacity, 7200 RPM spindle speed, 16 MB buffer and a SATA/300 interface! Upgrade your system with this Seagate ST3500630NS Barracuda ES Serial ATA hard drive!

Seagate ST3500630NS Barracuda ES 500 GB SATA/300 Hard Drive
General Features:
500 GB capacity
7200 RPM spindle speed
SATA/300 interface (SATA II)
16 MB buffer
<8.5 ms average seek time
4.16 ms average latency
3.5-inch form factor

Power Specifications:
+5V, 0.72A
+12V, 0.52A

Regulatory Approvals:
UL
CE
C-Tick
BSMI
MIC
RWTUV

Package Includes:
Drive only

Model: ST3500630NS
P/N: 9BL146-302

Product Requirements:
SATA controller
SATA cable
Available 3.5-inch drive bay
Available power connector

* SEAGATE 5 YEAR WARRANTY *

https://www.digitaltechland.co...n=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1473

 

[jjmIII]

Is this a good deal??

 

[cyber2007]

Tiger Direct has Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 32MB, SATA-300, OEM for 109.99 + Shipping + Tax(only FL, IL and NC)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/app...3564505&sku=TSD-500AS5

 

[onelove]

Originally posted by: cyber2007
Tiger Direct has...

EDIT: removed per mod request.

 

[EarthwormJim]

This is a good deal how?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822148136

And that has been the regular price for 6 months now.

 

[Elixer]

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim
This is a good deal how?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822148136

And that has been the regular price for 6 months now.

What?

The OPs post is a NS drive,: The Seagate Barracuda ES enterprise hard drive.
Main feature is this: Highest reliability rating for 24 x 7 operation

They are NOT the same thing as the other seagate drives that have been mentioned before.

The egg don't got this drive as of this post.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I bought my first one actually from New Egg. Thought about Raid 0 recently and couldn't find any till i came across the page mentioned (linked) The main feature listed above is one, the others are:


Key Features and Benefits

* 7200-RPM spin speed
* 16-MB cache buffer
* Perpendicular recording technology for maximum capacity and reliability
* Native command queuing (NCQ) for enhanced performance
* Highest reliability rating for 24 x 7 operation
* Serial ATA (SATA) interface
* Best-in-class rotational vibration (RV) tolerance
* Multidrive firmware maximizes system availability
* 5-year warranty

Applications

* High-demand business applications
* Network Attached Storage (NAS)
* Storage Area Network (SAN)
* Dynamic, capacity-intensive RAID systems
* Maximum-capacity servers
* Media content storage?audio, video, image
* Reference and compliance data storage
* Enterprise backup and restore?D2D, virtual tape
* Collaboration?email, messaging
* Infrastructure?web, print, file
* Video surveillance

 

[EarthwormJim]

Originally posted by: Elixer

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim
This is a good deal how?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822148136

And that has been the regular price for 6 months now.

What?

The OPs post is a NS drive,: The Seagate Barracuda ES enterprise hard drive.
Main feature is this: Highest reliability rating for 24 x 7 operation

They are NOT the same thing as the other seagate drives that have been mentioned before.

The egg don't got this drive as of this post.

Ah my mistake

 

[Pardus]

fyi-- outpost has the 16meg version for $99 shipped, till the 18th

 

[onelove]

Originally posted by: ActiveX
fyi-- outpost has the 16meg version for $99 shipped, till the 18th

ActiveX, can you give a link? a search for ST3500630NS at outpost gives me zip. again, this thread is about the ES version of the drive.

http://shop3.outpost.com/searc...ubmit.x=13&submit.y=11

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

The link I posted at the beginning is for a 5yr full warranty and this ST3500630NS is an ES model. Also, if it is priced at 99$ check and make sure its not a re-certified (not that they are bad, but make sure what you are buying)

 

[Spook]

I guess ATers don't understand the finer nuances of this drive

 

[Samus]

Originally posted by: Spook
I guess ATers don't understand the finer nuances of this drive

No, ATers just don't understand why we should pay more for a questionably better drive. I'm pretty sure I speak for everyone here that Seagate drives are 'reliable enough'

I've upgraded my array through many generations of drives, starting at 120GBx4 and now at 750GBx7, all run 24x7 in a well cooled case, and have never had a failure.

The only dead Seagate's I've pulled have been from Dell's and HP's, and I lean toward their cooling architecture as the culprit.

 

[JD]

Isn't this a better (although not even necessarily a "hot") deal from Newegg: 32MB cache NS version for $139 (read the reviews, though) vs the 16MB cache NS version for $139 listed in the topic title?

(Complete comparative Specs available from downloadable source below)

Seagate Model # Barracuda ES Family


Barracuda ES.2
Barracuda ES.2 250 (ST3250610NS)
Barracuda ES.2 250 (ST3250810NS)
Barracuda ES.2 500 (ST3500320NS) 32MB cache, 2 discs, 4 heads, up to 1287 Mb/sec Internal Transfer Rate, $139.99 at Newegg, Free Shipping:light::thumbsup:
Barracuda ES.2 500 (ST3500620NS)
Barracuda ES.2 500 (ST3500620SS)
Barracuda ES.2 750 (ST3750330NS)
Barracuda ES.2 750 (ST3750630NS)
Barracuda ES.2 750 (ST3750630SS)
Barracuda ES.2 1000 (ST31000340NS)

Barracuda ES.2 1000 (ST31000640NS)
Barracuda ES.2 1000 (ST31000640SS)

Barracuda ES
Barracuda ES 250 (ST3250620NS)
Barracuda ES 250 (ST3250820NS)
Barracuda ES 400 (ST3400620NS)
Barracuda ES 400 (ST3400820NS)
Barracuda ES 500 (ST3500630NS) 16MB cache, 3 discs, 6 heads, up to 1030 Mb/sec ITR, $139.00 + Shipping (the deal in the OP):thumbsdown:
Barracuda ES 500 (ST3500830NS)
Barracuda ES 750 (ST3750640NS)

Barracuda ES 750 (ST3750840NS)


Source: Downloadable Seagate Technology Desk Reference

(Contents of the Desk Reference)

Select a drive interface:
Current
ATA - PATA - CF - FX SCSI Fibre Channel
SATA SAS USB - 1394

Legacy Support Information

Drives by Family
Cables and Pins
Glossary
Drive Anatomy About Info

Seagate Technology Desk Reference July 24 2007

 

[JD]

(jjmIII) Ah, I only just posted what you'd already noticed and posted earlier. :beer:

A few comparative specs and link to data source have been provided in my later post.

 

[JD]

Elixir: 'The egg' -- for the SAME PRICE & free ship -- offers the 32MB-cache ES.2 500GB NS drive (ST3500320NS)... i.e. a drive of same capacity but double the buffer and 25% faster transfer times than the OP's 16MB ES 500GB NS drive (ST3500630NS...see my post above). jjmIII posted a link to Newegg's ES.2-NS offering on 03/15/2008 12:10 PM ("Is this a good deal?")

The Barracuda ES.2 NS version is also quieter at max performance (as per manufacturer)

ACOUSTICS (bels)
fluid bearing (typ/max-quiet/max-perf) _2.5/2.9/3.0

vs Barracuda ES NS

ACOUSTICS (bels)
fluid bearing (typ/max-perf) ___________2.3/3.5

Seagate Technology Desk Reference July 24 2007 (downloadable at link in earlier post)

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Originally posted by: JD
Isn't this a better (although not even necessarily a "hot") deal from Newegg: 32MB cache NS version for $139 (read the reviews, though) vs the 16MB cache NS version for $139 listed in the topic title?

(Complete comparative Specs available from downloadable source below)

Seagate Model # Barracuda ES Family


Barracuda ES.2
Barracuda ES.2 250 (ST3250610NS)
Barracuda ES.2 250 (ST3250810NS)
Barracuda ES.2 500 (ST3500320NS) 32MB cache, 2 discs, 4 heads, up to 1287 Mb/sec Internal Transfer Rate, $139.99 at Newegg, Free Shipping:light::thumbsup:
Barracuda ES.2 500 (ST3500620NS)
Barracuda ES.2 500 (ST3500620SS)
Barracuda ES.2 750 (ST3750330NS)
Barracuda ES.2 750 (ST3750630NS)
Barracuda ES.2 750 (ST3750630SS)
Barracuda ES.2 1000 (ST31000340NS)

Barracuda ES.2 1000 (ST31000640NS)
Barracuda ES.2 1000 (ST31000640SS)

Barracuda ES
Barracuda ES 250 (ST3250620NS)
Barracuda ES 250 (ST3250820NS)
Barracuda ES 400 (ST3400620NS)
Barracuda ES 400 (ST3400820NS)
Barracuda ES 500 (ST3500630NS) 16MB cache, 3 discs, 6 heads, up to 1030 Mb/sec ITR, $139.00 + Shipping (the deal in the OP):thumbsdown:
Barracuda ES 500 (ST3500830NS)
Barracuda ES 750 (ST3750640NS)

Barracuda ES 750 (ST3750840NS)


Source: Downloadable Seagate Technology Desk Reference

(Contents of the Desk Reference)

Select a drive interface:
Current
ATA - PATA - CF - FX SCSI Fibre Channel
SATA SAS USB - 1394

Legacy Support Information

Drives by Family
Cables and Pins
Glossary
Drive Anatomy About Info

Seagate Technology Desk Reference July 24 2007

As far as hot deals with the drive you mention, ST3500320NS, Memory labs have it for $125

I just made this post b/c if you are looking to Raid with the ST3500630NS they (5yr warranty) have become hard to find. 139$ is cheaper for me to upgrade with than 2 ST3500320NS, even at 125$ a piece.

Good post btw

Cheers

529th

 

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