WD Caviar RE WD1600YD

**jancz3rt** · 03-04-2006, 02:48 PM

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=192

Hey guys,

I have an option to buy this HDD but there is one thing that struck me. It has an amazingly high MTBF (1 million hours) and carries the RE name. It refers to RAID EDITION. I know this may be a dumb question, but will it suffer in terms of performance without another one in RAID configuration? Does it simply use the RE name because it has been designed to work flawlessly in RAID environments?

JAN

suprasteve · 03-04-2006, 03:10 PM

I would think there wouldn't be any drop in performance, unless its stability is due to something being slower, but it doesn't look that way so I'd think you would be fine

**jancz3rt** · 03-04-2006, 04:09 PM

I think so too. Thanks for your opinion.

JAN

03-04-2006, 02:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
jancz3rt Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Czech Republic Age: 23 Posts: 4,009	WD Caviar RE WD1600YD - 16MB cache, 7200RPM http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=192 Hey guys, I have an option to buy this HDD but there is one thing that struck me. It has an amazingly high MTBF (1 million hours) and carries the RE name. It refers to RAID EDITION. I know this may be a dumb question, but will it suffer in terms of performance without another one in RAID configuration? Does it simply use the RE name because it has been designed to work flawlessly in RAID environments? JAN __________________ A64 3700+ @ 2.65Ghz ::: 7300GT @ 600/1500 ::: 2GB RAM @ 440Mhz www.CZ3RT.com ::: FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND ::: F@H Team 44358 Last edited by jancz3rt; 03-04-2006 at 02:58 PM.

03-04-2006, 04:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
jancz3rt Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Czech Republic Age: 23 Posts: 4,009	Yeah I think so too. Thanks for your opinion. JAN __________________ A64 3700+ @ 2.65Ghz ::: 7300GT @ 600/1500 ::: 2GB RAM @ 440Mhz www.CZ3RT.com ::: FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND ::: F@H Team 44358

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03-04-2006, 03:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
suprasteve Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,355	I would think there wouldn't be any drop in performance, unless its stability is due to something being slower, but it doesn't look that way so I'd think you would be fine