Failing HD?

Well, the Blues are mostly 5400 RPM. Of the 10 models, 3 are 7200 RPM. And of the two 1 TB models, one is available as 7200 RPM.
WD60EZRZ 6 TB 5400 RPM
WD50EZRZ 5 TB 5400 RPM
WD40EZRZ 4 TB 5400 RPM
WD30EZRZ 3 TB 5400 RPM
WD20EZRZ 2 TB 5400 RPM
WD10EZRZ 1 TB 5400 RPM
WD10EZEX 1 TB 7200 RPM
WD7500AZEX 750 GB 7200 RPM
WD5000AZRZ 500 GB 5400 RPM
WD5000AAKX 500 GB 7200 RPM
 
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JaredDM

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You're listing a whopping 10 out of around 1000 different models that WD makes. I'm afraid you're looking at a very limited pool of data my friend.

That list is just what's featured on the WD homepage at the moment. There are literally hundreds of models of just the 1Tb variety.

It's true that some of the latest, largest models only come in 5400RPM for a bit (because they want to push the enterprise 7200 RPM 5Tb & 6Tb models for a bit before releasing a 7200RPM Blue drive) but the drive color code does not generally correspond to the rotational speed. Except for Green which is usually always 5400RPM for power savings reasons and Black which is always 7200 being their "performance" series.
 
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Darren

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You're listing a whopping 10 out of around 1000 different models that WD makes. I'm afraid you're looking at a very limited pool of data my friend.

That list is just what's featured on the WD homepage at the moment. There are literally hundreds of models of just the 1Tb variety.

It's true that some of the latest, largest models only come in 5400RPM for a bit (because they want to push the enterprise 7200 RPM 5Tb & 6Tb models for a bit before releasing a 7200RPM Blue drive) but the drive color code does not generally correspond to the rotational speed. Except for Green which is usually always 5400RPM for power savings reasons and Black which is always 7200 being their "performance" series.
Greens are usually 5900RPM :rolleyes:
 

Intel_man

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They're both. Some are 5400 some are 5900. At the end of the day, try to use them only for archive data storage unless you don't care about the spin up time.
 

JaredDM

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They're both. Some are 5400 some are 5900. At the end of the day, try to use them only for archive data storage unless you don't care about the spin up time.

Yeah, and the ones that are 5900 actually still idle at 5400 RPM, so that' generally considered their nominal speed. They only scroll up the speed to 5900 during times of heavy activity.
 

Darren

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Staff member
Yeah, and the ones that are 5900 actually still idle at 5400 RPM, so that' generally considered their nominal speed. They only scroll up the speed to 5900 during times of heavy activity.
I was awaiting a correction since you're kind of the hard drive wizard in these parts. :p
 

JaredDM

Active Member
I was awaiting a correction since you're kind of the hard drive wizard in these parts. :p

Not really a correction of what you said. You were correct. I was just clarifying why I had earlier said that Greens were all 5400 RPM.

When you spend most of your days fixing broken hard drives and recovering data like I do, it becomes apparent how much misinformation is spread on the web regarding HDDs.
 
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