Hitachi Harddisks Thread (5K3000, 7K3000, 7K2000)

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halkx

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I am interested in obtaining the newest fw for my 3TB 7K3000s. Anyone with an idea?

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odditory

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^ Guys, re-read post #3 for an example of how to request new firmware from Hitachi. I haven't had the time to re-request new firmware from Hitachi each time they bump a revision, but if someone obtains the newest one then PM me and I'm happy to put it in the OP.
 

kryptex

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I experience loads of Ultra DMA CRC Errors with my 7k3000 2TB drives, around 25000 since I have it. It continues to increase each time I access it heavily. Tried to set SATA 3.0 and 1.5, instead of 6.0, but it won't stop. The drives behave like this, no matter if connected in a desktop PC or as eSATA on ExpressCard (laptop).
Anyone any ideas ?
 

schnittendieb

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Hi Folks,

I got the last Firmware [5C0] for the "Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 0F12117 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 3.5-Inch 32MB CoolSpin Technology" -Drive.
@odditory PM to you.
 

kryptex

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Is it an ISO file ? Can you please upload it to some filesharing site ?
I wonder if it suits 7K3000 drives...
 

schnittendieb

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5C0 mission accomplished

et voilà

after flashing all data are still on the disk and the UltraDMAErrorCount will be reset to 0.

 
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kryptex

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Hi kryptex,

1. You should check your Inbox ,)
2. Hopefully, I guess, may be.....odditory will post a download-link on the main page. :)
Thanks a lot ! It is only for the 5k3000 2TB drive. I will summarize here the correspondance between drive model, firmware version, firmware file and dos flash tool for several Hitachi drives to clear up some confusion (list compiled from my own observations, may not be 100% accurate)

Drive................. Firmware........Firmware file.......Dos Flash Tool
7K1000.C_1TB....JP4OA39C.....JP0NB39C.BD......JPDL_SP.exe
7k2000_2TB.......JKAOA3MA....JK0NB3MA.BDX....JKDL_SP.exe
5k3000_2TB.......ML6OA5C0.....ML0NR5C0.BD.....MLDLBRD.exe
5k3000_3TB.......MEAOA800....ME0NR800.BD.....MEDL???.exe <- guess
7K3000_1.5TB....MN5OA580....MN0N?580.BD?....MNDL???.exe <- guess
7k3000_2TB.......MN6OA800....MN0NB800.BD.....MNDLBRD.exe
7k3000_3TB.......MKAOA800....MK0NB800.BD.....MKDLBRD.exe

The last 3 characters in BOTH the FIRMWARE VERSION and FIRMWARE FILE (2nd and 3rd column) represent the firmware version (e.g. 3MA for the 7k2000_2TB drive).

The 1st character represents the drive generation/platter density ?

The 2nd character represents the number of platters/rotational velocity ? (I'm not sure about this...)
P = 2 platters@7200rpm
L = 3 platters@5900rpm
N = 3 platters@7200rpm
E = 5 platters@5900rpm
K = 5 platters@7200rpm

The 3rd character in the FIRMWARE VERSION (2nd column) represents (in hex) the number of heads: 4 for the 7k1000.C drive, 6 for the 5k3000_2TB & 7k3000_2TB, and 5 heads for the 7k3000_1.5TB drive. 7k2000_2TB drive and 5k3000_3TB have 10 heads -> A in hexadecimal.

The 4the character in the FIRMWARE FILE (3rd column) is always N.
The 5th character in the FIRMWARE FILE (3rd column) seems to be B for a 7200 rpm drive and R for a 5900 rpm drive.

Hope this helps,
Cheers.
 
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kryptex

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et voilà

after flashing all data are still on the disk and the UltraDMAErrorCount will be reset to 0.
It is certainly a good thing that the UltraDMA CRC Error Count has been reset to 0. I have more than 27000 such CRC errors on one of my 7K3000_2TB drives. I will go ahead and ask the 5C0 firmware for the 7k3000_2TB from HitachiGST, the 580 firmware has some strange bugs... quite bad access times for a 7200 drive and some strange periodic dips in the transfer rate diagram in HDTune (which go away when drive set to SATA I = 1.5Gbps)...
 
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kryptex

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schnittendieb, did you measure the access times for your 5k3000_2TB drive before and after firmware update ? It would be nice to have HDTune benchmarks for both 580 and 5C0 firmwares....
 

schnittendieb

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schnittendieb, did you measure the access times for your 5k3000_2TB drive before and after firmware update ? It would be nice to have HDTune benchmarks for both 580 and 5C0 firmwares....
Yes,

I tested a brand-new 5K3000 drive on a Z68 Gigabyte Board (native 6GB/s Port) with CrystalDM, HDTune and ATTO. Ähmmm, i took screenshots ... i guess :( ... so i have to look after work



Access-Times (with HDTune):

before: 19,3x ms
after: 19,3x ms (no differences)

sequential Read <> Write Performance (with CrystalDM @1000MB):

before: 125-130MB/s both
after: 130-136MB/s both (slightly better values)

sequential Read <> Write Performance (with ATTO @256MB):

before: 134-140MB/s both
after: 135-140MB/s both (more stable values, less differences in read write values)
 
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kryptex

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oh, it's a pity... i was hoping for improved access times... at least 16-17ms for 5k3000... and 13ms for 7k3000 would certainly be desired...
 

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oh, it's a pity... i was hoping for improved access times... at least 16-17ms for 5k3000... and 13ms for 7k3000 would certainly be desired...
SSD caching = less worry about access times. I am pretty much of the opinion that at this point, or in the very near future, sub-6000rpm "green" drives + SSDs used intelligently will make 7200rpm drives largely obsolete.
 

kryptex

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SSD caching = less worry about access times. I am pretty much of the opinion that at this point, or in the very near future, sub-6000rpm "green" drives + SSDs used intelligently will make 7200rpm drives largely obsolete.
Yeah, it would really be nice to see a 1-3 TB hard drive with native SSD caching (let's say 20-40 GB SSD on the PCB of the drive itself), though without the need of Intel SRT technology. Something like the Seagate Momentus XT, but with much larger (and faster, optimized) SSD.
For example: a 2TB drive with a 32 GB SSD onboard for less than $100... I'd go for it...
 
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Patrick

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So I actually am less than excited about the hardware solutions, and really like what all of the RAID card manufacturers and Intel are doing with SSD caching. I really think one needs to move SSDs off of the disk since you want either the OS or an intermediary controller make intelligent caching decisions.
 

kryptex

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It would be even more interesting to still have the SSD on the drive itself (in order to have a single SATA connection, not 2), but to be able to control them separately in a way, a kind of port multiplier maybe, but not bottlenecked...
 

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5C0 firmware for 0F12115 2Tb 7K3000?

Has anyone obtained the 5C0 firmware for the 0F12115 2Tb 7K3000 drive yet? If so, I would much appreciate receiving a copy of it.

I have two drives with the 580 firmware (Dec 2010) and one with 5C0 (Aug 2011) in a RAID 5 array and I'd like to bring the two older ones up to the new level.

Thanks!
Tom
 
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