This hard drive was launched early in 2011. This hard drive is called caviar green, given the name "green", because it reflects the energy savings, which are intended to support the Go-green. So, if you really support the Go-green then this is the best choice.
Before i give you review about it, i will give a little information. WD Caviar green HDD have 6 kind capasity : 750GB, 1TB, 1.5TB, 2TB, 2.5TB, 3TB.
WD caviar green has the largest capacity of another Western Digital's HDD, up to now reach 3TB. It provides a large capacity and it's 'quiter' than 7200rpm drives.
because this is not the 7200RPM drives. So, it's "colder" and with the same reason. It can reduce energy consumption.
it have 2 years warranty not "5 years warranty" like caviar black. Maybe, because it's colder, so it takes a very long time to be broken.
Amazing Drive, right?
I need a lot of space for my movies and games. i do a lot of websites and desktop applications project, and it all takes a lot of space.
my friends also use this hard drive because they think this hard drive has enough space but not excessive.
This is Video which I found on Youtube about WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX Hard Drive
Product Details
Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 4 x 1 inches ; 1.1 pounds Shipping Weight: 2 pounds Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. ASIN: B004RORMF6 Item model number: WD30EZRX Date first available at Amazon.com: March 7, 2011
I have a total of seven of these drives between 6 on a raid array on one PC and one as a data drive (non raid) in another PC.
They are slower at RPM speed than some other drives, at 5400 RPM so if you are someone who "needs" a 7200 RPM drive then you do not need this.
They are however the CHEAPEST, MOST RELIABLE CHEAP drive out there. Unlike some brands who will sell you a 5400rpm drive for this, or the various drawbacks from externals, this drive is inexpensive, not annoying in its "green" power management (or needing to have it shut off) and its fast, I get good speed in my 6gb/sec Sata3 port, and overall think its great that for this price, I get a drive with a 3 year warranty, reasonably fast transfer rates despite a lower RPM (RPM is not everything apparently) and its a Western Digital (and not lower on quality) for the price.
Western Digital have been reliable drives for me, for many years. I have some going back as far as 8 years old and still running (that does not mean one has never died) but it's not common. It's more common that the storage size becomes too small for me and gets it shelved than the drive fails.
I am optimistic by the early performance of these Caviar Greens that I will continue to use these for a 3tb drive. For 2tb drives I prefer the Caviar Black (which is not made in 3tb size). I was apprehensive to go to another brand, so chose WD's lower line rather than risk a brand who has not performed well for me for years.
Five stars are for the value, and the fact it delivers. I would like to see a 7200rpm 3tb from WD someday come around, such as a Caviar Black 3tb, but until they do, I am happy to buy these, despite I usually buy the Blacks (I do need bigger than 2tb occasionally) or like for my raid array which runs 6 3tb caviar greens, wanted the array to be bigger then 6 2tb blacks would achieve.
Buy this drive with a clean conscience, it will work for you, and work well. I never have had a DOA from WD, I am sure it happens, but I have 6 pcs, and for that to never have happened, is great.
WD! Caviar! and this time GREEN ain't that bad.
In fact for its price, you cannot beat it.
I purchased this drive to use in a RAID1 configuration off an Adaptec 6805E to build a new VMWare ESXi 5.0 host. This is not an enterprise drive and that created a big headache for me. This is likely due the lack of error correction timeout control and other things about the drive that are not enterprise. I returned it for a WD RE 2TB (WD2003FYYS), an enterprise drive. I have a lot of experience with drives, but thought I would be able short-circuit good practice just this one time to save some money and get SATA 6.0 Gbps. It did not work out, although probably not because of the drive. Just be aware of the limitations when experimenting and save yourself some time. This might work great on an ICH10 or other ICH "host" raid config, but did not do well with the Adaptec. The initial build time of a 2.6TB RAID1 array was 64hours over Thanksgiving. Insanely long. This was done within the Adaptec boot-time configuration utility and not with the system running an OS.
I have had great experience with WD.. having worked at a company where I used thousands of them. Using the right tool for the job is always a good idea and will generally save you money and time.. I wrote this for you folks that might be pondering the same idea. I did this on an older Mukilteo host with PCI Express 1.0 x4 slot.
I received 3 3 tb hard drive and 2 out of 3 were dead. I did a rma with western digital and they sent a quick turnaround once they received the shipment. I didn't do a return to amazon because they were temporary out of the hard disks. The replacement hard disks are working great with drobo.
I put one of these in a Synology NAS and use it primarily to backup thousands of photos and videos from my Drobo. Not much to say except it works great, is fast, and is easy to install.
I have bought several of these over the years, and they always perform without issue. Keep having to add them to my collect to satisfy an ever growing library of movies, music, and pictures. Great drive for backups for all your home computers as well!
This hard drive was launched early in 2011. This hard drive is called caviar green, given the name "green", because it reflects the energy savings, which are intended to support the Go-green. So, if you really support the Go-green then this is the best choice.
