seagate 480gb Pro - good deal?
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Not the fastest drives today but I have a bunch of the 240GB models and have never had a real issue with them. For that price, great.
All sold.
If you bought these do some research on Seagate's spec sheets for the 600 Pro. Seagate sold the 600 Pro with 2 levels of overprovisioning. I recommend overprovisioning these to 400GB or around there.
I have 4 240GB Seagate 600 Pros that I've overprovisioned to 200GB each and used in a RAID 10 array as an ESXI datastore. Good stuff, but I've been moving to bigger drives.
If you bought these do some research on Seagate's spec sheets for the 600 Pro. Seagate sold the 600 Pro with 2 levels of overprovisioning. I recommend overprovisioning these to 400GB or around there.
I have 4 240GB Seagate 600 Pros that I've overprovisioned to 200GB each and used in a RAID 10 array as an ESXI datastore. Good stuff, but I've been moving to bigger drives.
Went ahead and did the same. Hard to beat nearly 1TB of SSD space for that price
Seller has more! Seagate 600 Pro ST480FP0021 480GB 2 5" Internal SSD Drive | eBay
and the world
Seagate 600 Pro ST480FP0021 480GB 2 5" Internal SSD Drive HP 736799 001 | eBay
If they're $120 each gonna go fast.
and the world
Seagate 600 Pro ST480FP0021 480GB 2 5" Internal SSD Drive HP 736799 001 | eBay
If they're $120 each gonna go fast.
I got my pair in yesterday. I have some quick benches using CrystalDiskMark for a single drive and a Storage Spaces' RAID0 across both:
Single Drive
SS RAID0
Single Drive
Read Seq - 490.4 MB/s
Write Seq - 452.3 MB/s
Read 512k - 337.9 MB/s
Write 512k - 423.9 MB/s
Read 4k - 22.25 MB/s
Write 4k - 45.61 MB/s
Read 4k QD32 - 326.2 MB/s
Write 4k QD32 - 345.9 MB/s
Write Seq - 452.3 MB/s
Read 512k - 337.9 MB/s
Write 512k - 423.9 MB/s
Read 4k - 22.25 MB/s
Write 4k - 45.61 MB/s
Read 4k QD32 - 326.2 MB/s
Write 4k QD32 - 345.9 MB/s
SS RAID0
Read Seq - 913.9 MB/s
Write Seq - 870.0 MB/s
Read 512k - 536.9 MB/s
Write 512k - 795.9 MB/s
Read 4k - 21.71 MB/s
Write 4k - 42.73 MB/s
Read 4k QD32 - 370.9 MB/s
Write 4k QD32 - 385.1 MB/s
ATTO managed to pull over 1GB/s read speed. This was with an i5 2400 and using the standard Intel 6Gb SATA connections on my motherboard; the disks were passed through raw from Hyper-V to a Windows Server 2012 R2 VM. So, these seem like great drives, especially given the price they were purchased for!Write Seq - 870.0 MB/s
Read 512k - 536.9 MB/s
Write 512k - 795.9 MB/s
Read 4k - 21.71 MB/s
Write 4k - 42.73 MB/s
Read 4k QD32 - 370.9 MB/s
Write 4k QD32 - 385.1 MB/s
They were indeed HP branded. I haven't been able to get the warranty check on HP's site to accept their serial numbers, so no clue on how much warranty is on them.
I just used the standard Intel SATA ports off the chipset (H67). Might do better off a dedicated HBA, but I don't have one laying around.
I just used the standard Intel SATA ports off the chipset (H67). Might do better off a dedicated HBA, but I don't have one laying around.
Is anyone running these in RAID5?
I'm hoping the seller lists more - these would be perfect for what I'm trying to set up, and HP branded is actually a plus in my case since I'll be running them from a P420.
I'm hoping the seller lists more - these would be perfect for what I'm trying to set up, and HP branded is actually a plus in my case since I'll be running them from a P420.