Hitachi Ultrastar 7K4000 vs 7K3000

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Toddh

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I'm looking for some opinions on Hitachi Enterprise drive versions.

I bought 24 Hitachi 7K4000 hard drives, HUS724030ALE641 3 TB, from Goharddrive on eBay. They were supposed to be new OEM but when they arrived it looks like they have 20 K plus hours.

They have offered to replace them with 7K3000, HUA723030ALA640 3TB, drives that are new dated 2015 plus offer me a $10 credit per drive.

The offer sounds reasonable but I am having difficulty finding any information on the Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 HDDs. Storagereview.com lists them at 20 megs slower read but I can't find any I/O meter tests or other performance information.

Any thoughts on whether or not these drives are comparable would be appreciated.


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