From: Dag-Erling Smørgrav: > >Ilya Bakulin <webmas...@kibab.com> writes: >> May you suggest any other tests? > >What other tests? The disks suck, how are more tests going to improve >the situation? > >> Or let's live with sucking WD Green and look for other 4096K-sector >> models from other manufacturers? > >I see no reason why sector size should be a selection criterium. Just >buy the disk that gives you the best performance and / or capacity for >your money. WD Green disks are cheap, but other vendors offer models >with the same capacity and twice the speed for only 5% or 10% more.
Heck, Western Digital themselves offer faster drives that are only a few dollars more. The Green drives are built for low noise/power/heat, not for speed.
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