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Bruce Phung · December 4th, 2010, 10:23 PM

WD Green drive. I just bought 2 1.5tb for storage. I copied 162gb of rendered HD/SD video from drive C: 7200rpm to the new green drive. It took 28 minutes to complete. I think that is very darn good, don't you think?

I have read other people got the same green drive and took them 40 minutes to copy 20gb of data. I am wonder why mine green drive so fast? My PC is a stock dell i7 920 6gb od ddr3 set up triple channel. What are your thought?

Pete Bauer · December 5th, 2010, 07:21 AM

If I've done the math right (before my morning coffee!), your data rate is just under 100MB/sec. I don't know what the drive is spec'ed at, but I'd think that is excellent system throughput and sustained write performance of the drive.

Among many factors, overall copy speed does depend on the mix of file sizes since the OS has to process and write FAT tables etc, so it may not be an apples-to-apples comparison...for a given amount of data, it takes longer to copy large number of small files than copying a single large file. But if someone is waiting 40 minutes for a 20GB copy from one internal disk to another, I think their system must have a significant bottleneck somewhere.

Bruce Phung · December 5th, 2010, 10:45 AM

Thanks Pete for your input. So far, I like the green drive for storage. I copy The folder contained 162gb of video with 52 video files and the green drive performed well.

Bruce Dempsey · December 5th, 2010, 01:04 PM

Did something similar yesterday ie: moved 320gb off a drive to a new 1.5tb wdBlack and my the transfer speed hovered around 100 or a little less Click the "details button on the dialogue box for realtime spped info)
My system is i7 6gb ddr3
Interesting that the green which costs a fair bit less than the black can achieve the same transfer speed.
It may be this business of 64mb cache and 2 processors on the caviar black is just marketing hype to achieve high benchmark scores and justify the inflated the price but in real world usage one can expect little differences other than the price. I'd love to buy the cheaper drive (more is always better when it comes to storage
I did note that the black has a 5 yr warantee and 3 yrs for the green
egg pricing in canda Dec5/2010 1.5tb black 109.00 and 1.5 green 89.00.

transfer speeds are certainly a big deal and we can't overlook longevity either

Randall Leong · December 5th, 2010, 01:44 PM

I agree with Bruce that some of the WD Greens perform pretty well - as storage or output drives. If I were to buy a Green or any other 5400 RPM-class drive, those two purposes are exactly what I would use them for.

For the record, the 2TB Black does achieve 140 MB/s on the outer tracks. The latest iteration of the 2TB Green achieves about 110 MB/s on the outer tracks - but that's because of its slower 5405 RPM spindle speed (versus 7200 RPM on the Black).

Bruce Phung · December 5th, 2010, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bruce Dempsey

Did something similar yesterday ie: moved 320gb off a drive to a new 1.5tb wdBlack and my the transfer speed hovered around 100 or a little less Click the "details button on the dialogue box for realtime spped info)
My system is i7 6gb ddr3
Interesting that the green which costs a fair bit less than the black can achieve the same transfer speed.
It may be this business of 64mb cache and 2 processors on the caviar black is just marketing hype to achieve high benchmark scores and justify the inflated the price but in real world usage one can expect little differences other than the price. I'd love to buy the cheaper drive (more is always better when it comes to storage
I did note that the black has a 5 yr warantee and 3 yrs for the green
egg pricing in canda Dec5/2010 1.5tb black 109.00 and 1.5 green 89.00.

transfer speeds are certainly a big deal and we can't overlook longevity either

I pick up 2 1.5tb from Amazon for $59 each and I was able to pick up 1tb Seagate 7200rpm for $44 each.. Seagate seems to have a lot failures in hard drive but with that price I could not resist not to try it. The next day I could not $44 any where on Amazon. I should be getting it by Monday and will test it for speed.

Panagiotis Raris · December 5th, 2010, 07:17 PM

my WD green 500's run faster than my older WD 500GB's too, by about 27MB/sec.

December 4th, 2010, 10:23 PM	#1
Bruce Phung Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rochester,NY USA Posts: 285	PC Experts step in please WD Green drive. I just bought 2 1.5tb for storage. I copied 162gb of rendered HD/SD video from drive C: 7200rpm to the new green drive. It took 28 minutes to complete. I think that is very darn good, don't you think? I have read other people got the same green drive and took them 40 minutes to copy 20gb of data. I am wonder why mine green drive so fast? My PC is a stock dell i7 920 6gb od ddr3 set up triple channel. What are your thought?

December 5th, 2010, 07:21 AM	#2
Pete Bauer Wrangler Join Date: May 2003 Location: Eagle River, AK Posts: 4,100	If I've done the math right (before my morning coffee!), your data rate is just under 100MB/sec. I don't know what the drive is spec'ed at, but I'd think that is excellent system throughput and sustained write performance of the drive. Among many factors, overall copy speed does depend on the mix of file sizes since the OS has to process and write FAT tables etc, so it may not be an apples-to-apples comparison...for a given amount of data, it takes longer to copy large number of small files than copying a single large file. But if someone is waiting 40 minutes for a 20GB copy from one internal disk to another, I think their system must have a significant bottleneck somewhere. __________________ Pete Bauer The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert Einstein Trying to solve a DV mystery? You may find the answer behind the SEARCH function ... or be able to join a discussion already in progress!

December 5th, 2010, 10:45 AM	#3
Bruce Phung Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rochester,NY USA Posts: 285	Thanks Pete for your input. So far, I like the green drive for storage. I copy The folder contained 162gb of video with 52 video files and the green drive performed well.

December 5th, 2010, 01:04 PM	#4
Bruce Dempsey Major Player Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Atlantic Coast Canada Posts: 599	Did something similar yesterday ie: moved 320gb off a drive to a new 1.5tb wdBlack and my the transfer speed hovered around 100 or a little less Click the "details button on the dialogue box for realtime spped info) My system is i7 6gb ddr3 Interesting that the green which costs a fair bit less than the black can achieve the same transfer speed. It may be this business of 64mb cache and 2 processors on the caviar black is just marketing hype to achieve high benchmark scores and justify the inflated the price but in real world usage one can expect little differences other than the price. I'd love to buy the cheaper drive (more is always better when it comes to storage I did note that the black has a 5 yr warantee and 3 yrs for the green egg pricing in canda Dec5/2010 1.5tb black 109.00 and 1.5 green 89.00. transfer speeds are certainly a big deal and we can't overlook longevity either

December 5th, 2010, 01:44 PM	#5
Randall Leong Major Player Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Melrose Park, Illinois, USA Posts: 936	I agree with Bruce that some of the WD Greens perform pretty well - as storage or output drives. If I were to buy a Green or any other 5400 RPM-class drive, those two purposes are exactly what I would use them for. For the record, the 2TB Black does achieve 140 MB/s on the outer tracks. The latest iteration of the 2TB Green achieves about 110 MB/s on the outer tracks - but that's because of its slower 5405 RPM spindle speed (versus 7200 RPM on the Black).

December 5th, 2010, 07:17 PM	#7
Panagiotis Raris Major Player Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Reading, PA USA and Athens, Greece Posts: 269	my WD green 500's run faster than my older WD 500GB's too, by about 27MB/sec.