second HDD for storage

Hi
I have bought the Precision M6800 with a hybrid drive as main. Managed to install mSATA drive in it that runs O/S.

I need advise as to which HDD would you recommend for storage. I will be happy with an additional 1TB.
Need something reliable and quiet. It doesn't have to be as fast as SSD due to it being used to store large video files only but I don't want to wait ages for them to be accessed.

Would you please recommend something?
Will be using amazon to buy as I have been given a gift voucher from my mrs

 

i can recommend a WD scorpio black (7,200 RPM) from experience if you're okay with just 750GB instead of a TB. if you're really set on a TB however, then a WD scorpio blue (5,400 RPM) will be only nominally slower for your usage. both are well-known to be very reliable and use WD's "proprietary" whisperdrive technology.

on the other hand, the HGST 1TB travelstar (7,200 RPM) is about the same price as the scorpio blue, has a larger cache than both scorpios, and also takes advantage of the m6800's dual sata III (600MBps) interfaces. both scorpios are only sata II (300MBps), i just don't have any recent experience with hitachi drives.

as an aside--the m6800's msata interface is only sata II. your ideal drive setup would be a sata III SSD as your OS drive, and a sata III HDD (like the travelstar) as your storage drive.

 

The HGST Travelstar HDD's are pretty good. I recommend this one: Amazon.com: HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5-Inch 1TB 7200 RPM SATA III 32MB Cache Internal Hard Drive 0J22423: Electronics

 

what's the difference between that and the one i linked? i see different model numbers but neither appears in HGST's datasheet. the only other perceivable differences are mine is cheaper and newer, and yours contains the "7K1000" language in the description. pretty sure they're the same drive for all intents and purposes.

 

Not sure. There are some highlights in the 7k1000 description I don't see in the other one, like some formatting changes for better performance. I only suggested that one because I've used it before.

 

no, i agree. i didn't mean for my reply to come across as snarky. i can't find the answer either. regardless it's actually probably a better fit than the scorpios, all things considered. that's why i mentioned it and you have the actual experience to corroborate it.

 

No worries, I didn't perceive it as such. I don't know the difference between the two. I've only had the 7k1000, not the other, but they do appear to be similar. There is probably some subtle difference hidden in the details.

 

I have both WD Scorpio Blue 1TB and HGST Travelstar 7K1000 1TB, I can recommend both of them. Performance here:

Scorpio 1TB:
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Travelstar 1TB:
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Mind you, the Travelstar was connected to a SATA3 port, while Scorpio was connected to a SATA2 port.

 

Thank you all for you replies.
Intetesting point about msata in m6800 only capable 300mbs.
Need to test it. I have obly bought it recently. It performed faster than the hybrid drive fitted in there by default so I did not dig in.

Hard choice now. Used WD in my pc and was quite happy with the brand however after obtaining more info about Hitachi also from cust reviews I am tempted to give it a go. Should perform faster at higher capacity. Hope reliability is not going to be an issue.

Once bought and running I will update

 

Interesting though that the results are only a bit better considering sata3 was utilised.

 

I have the Travelstar in a RAID 0 configuration as system back up. They operate whisper quiet.

I plan however, to take them out and replace with 1.5 TB drives for a larger, but slower (I don't really need maximum speed for backups), 3TB backup. I will migrate the Travelstars to my editing system where they can serve me best.

 

RAID0 for backup? RAID1, no?

 

guide to backup raid0 OS: get another raid 0 thats powered on for the same amount of time as the OS raid

so much win, and i'm thinking raid 10

P.S. the M6800 uses the haswell technology that supports up to 6 SATA3 ports, it doesn't take a genius to make a 4 SATA port computer having a SATA2 port, OP should test if the msata drive (that supports sata3 speeds) get speeds above 300/350 MB/s

 

the msata port is sata II according to the manual.

 

I'm a big fan of the WD Scorpio Blue 1TB. For a drive that is purely for storage, I don't think you can go wrong with that.

 

it is sata3 (6gbps), i have however not been able to find a proper review website that has an msata ssd configured, but ´÷¶ûM4800Á¬ÔØ ¸üйâÇýÍÐÅÌÐÔÄÜ_´÷¶ûPrecisionÒƶ¯¹¤×÷Õ¾ÂÛ̳

this chinese website has reviewed it with a self installed plextor m5m SSD, ignore the chinese and you'll scroll down to the section where the msata gets benched and got past sata2 speed thus the port should be sata3

i'll also point out that his machine comes with a 500gb hybrid drive so the bench score must be the msata ssd in the appropriate port

it is pointless for a haswell laptop to have a sata2 connector, and its obvious enough that dell copied last year's manual without changing enough of the details to suit the true specification

oh, its am m4800, sorry, but it has the same port configuration, now start argue it only has the wrong specification on the m4800 whilst the m6800 stays the same with sata2, doesn't take a genius to know if one product from the same model line gets its manual wrong the other product gets it wrong too

 

I purchased the drive for editing. It only inherited backup duty because my previous BU drive was filled and I was on a budget.

I'm in the market for a good large BU drives right now just waiting for the best Holiday price.