Samsung F1 Raid edition?

Reality|Bites · 21 Feb 2009 at 20:12

What's so special about it?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-066-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279

lopkinfop · 21 Feb 2009 at 22:07

normally its the quality of the drives being better, best platters ect, and mtbf being larger

IAmATeaf · 21 Feb 2009 at 22:18

Also you get a 5 year warranty don't you?

bremen1874 · 22 Feb 2009 at 17:59

RAID edition drives normally have firmware tweaks that make them play better with RAID controllers.

I don't know about the Samsung desktop drives but you can get problems with RAID controllers deciding that desktop drives are faulty when they aren't and dropping them from the array. This normally happens if a drive takes too long to respond, RAID firmware should have the tweaks necessary to avoid this happening.

Yamahahahahaha · 22 Feb 2009 at 18:23

These would also be designed for 24/7 operation.

Consumer drives tend not to be.

chainy · 22 Feb 2009 at 19:04

IAmATeaf said:
Also you get a 5 year warranty don't you?

Not according to the link

CBP · 22 Feb 2009 at 21:53

I have been looking into this drive too and from what I've read it's rated to run 24/7 unlike the normal desktop drives (as previously stated).

I'm now in 2 minds which drive to buy as I already have 2 spinpoints, neither of which are the F1 raid editions, but have been used 24/7 for months without a problem.

Have also read that due to the "supposed" improved durability that the noise-levels are slightly higher than the 'non-24/7' spinpoint drives.

Looking at the price differences between standard & the 24/7 drives, and given the fact that I personally have had no issues with any of my spinpoint drives, I'm tempted to go down the standard spinpoint route and save a bundle of money