Any feedback on the Seagate CS (Cloud Storage) Enterprise Drives.
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Not much on these. Hearing good things about the new Seagate ES.3 4TB drives. Also have SAS versions: Amazon.com: Seagate Constellation ES 4TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gbps 128 MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Bare Drive ST4000NM0033: Computers & Accessories
If those were $250 would be ez choice.
If those were $250 would be ez choice.
.The feeling I am getting is that they are a step up. The Reds are consumber drives for arrays and the CS are entry level enterprise drives, i.e. they cross the line to the higher tier.
Comparing the Seagate CS 2TB specs with the WD Red 2TB specs there are a few differences.
Sustained transfer rate is 180MB/s (CS) vs 145MB/s (Red)
WD do not publish latency so no chance to compare
Power (idle): 3.4W (CS) vs 4.1W (Red).
Seagate don't publish the load power figures.
Warranty: Both have 3 years.
Sample Pricing: US$150 (CS) vs US$112 (Red)
In fact, comparing the specs for the CS and the ES.3 they are pretty close with only the Annualized Failure Rate being a notable exception (1.065% - CS, 0.63% - ES.3).
The ES.2 2TB is around US$185 and the ES.3 2TB is around US$360.
The CS seems like a pretty attractive option.
RB
As far as unrecoverable error rate, the Seagate Constellation CS is equivalent to a consumer drive. It is 1 in 10^14, whereas true enterprise drives are 1 in 10^15 (Such as the ES.3) or 16 (such as Performance 10K)
Also, they did recently rename these to "Enterprise Value" from Constellation CS. Depending on where you buy them from they will call them one or the other, but they appear to be the same drive.
I have seen a few sales in Canada where these were around $60-70 / TB, so it really seems as though it is positioned as a faster alternative to the WD RED series
Also, they did recently rename these to "Enterprise Value" from Constellation CS. Depending on where you buy them from they will call them one or the other, but they appear to be the same drive.
I have seen a few sales in Canada where these were around $60-70 / TB, so it really seems as though it is positioned as a faster alternative to the WD RED series
Sorry RB, I should have been more clear. They are similar in their respective brands. Like the old SAT questions; The WD Red is to a WD Green as a Seagate CS is to a Seagate 7200.14. The CS is a better warranted and presumably better tested version of the consumer 7200.14