It is time again to buy a pack-of-20 hard drives for various purposes.
Where do you get this consumable?
Have you thought of getting a box of SSDs?
I usually get them at newegg.com….i haven't had the need to get 20 at the time (yet), but they carry them in 20-packs.
any specific brand and model you prefer?
I just received a shipment of 35 2.5" HDDs from a private source, but we (my lab) order them from newegg, cdw, tigerdirect and many others. Before we use them we put a few into a hex viewer to see if they are new or referb. 99% of the time they are new and have zero issues with them.
I have been using the Segate Barracudas a lot and have been happy. New Egg should have OEM 20 packs. Hitachi next. Nothing "green" from any of the brands. Sometimes I find they just act funky - maybe something on their controller cards for the energy saving - could just have been bad luck though.
Have you thought of getting a box of SSDs?
SSD; around £2 per GB.
HDD; around £0.20 per GB.
Have you thought of getting a box of SSDs?
SSD; around £2 per GB.
HDD; around £0.20 per GB.
cost benefit analysis on time of throughput speed over life of drive versus initial extra cost . . .
Have you thought of getting a box of SSDs?
SSD; around £2 per GB.
HDD; around £0.20 per GB.cost benefit analysis on time of throughput speed over life of drive versus initial extra cost . . .
Throughput of sequential data is definitely not the value proposition of SSDs. Especially if most of your source data is on rotational drives. I have my FTK3 DB on an SSD and it rocks, but working image is still sitting on a RAID for processing after initial capture to a single 7200 RPM drive in most cases.
Agreed.
Most of my work revolves around very small files, not accessed sequentially.
To me the cost/benefit ratio is much closer . . .
I just received a shipment of 35 2.5" HDDs from a private source, but we (my lab) order them from newegg, cdw, tigerdirect and many others. Before we use them we put a few into a hex viewer to see if they are new or referb. 99% of the time they are new and have zero issues with them.
I am new to the field as I am still in school waiting to start my core classes. My question is how exactly do you get hash value on a new hard drive?