Best 1TB SATA DRIVES ??

Hi - Wanted to know peoples opinions of 1TB SATA drives. I have had some problems with my 1TB Samsungs (I have 2 in my MacPro). I am looking for reliability for large video storage/
Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Hello, If you are interested here are some Xbench results for comparison.
Results 92.11
Drive Type WD Caviar Black 1Tb WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B1
Disk Test 92.11
Sequential 134.83
Uncached Write 163.93 100.65 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 160.66 90.90 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 81.65 23.90 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 196.27 98.64 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 69.94
Uncached Write 25.41 2.69 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 301.80 96.62 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 110.00 0.78 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 184.22 34.18 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Results 66.98
Drive Type WD Caviar Green 1Tb WDC WD10EADS-00L5B1
Disk Test 66.98
Sequential 96.48
Uncached Write 90.36 55.48 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 86.00 48.66 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 97.05 28.40 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 118.18 59.40 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 51.30
Uncached Write 18.45 1.95 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 240.61 77.03 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 83.98 0.60 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 129.57 24.04 MB/sec [256K blocks]
this isn't WD but Hitachi Deskstar
Results 62.21
Drive Type Hitachi Deskstar 1Tb Hitachi HDS721010CLA332
Disk Test 62.21
Sequential 152.05
Uncached Write 231.97 142.43 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 229.64 129.93 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 72.95 21.35 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 254.22 127.77 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 39.10
Uncached Write 12.52 1.33 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 139.95 44.80 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 101.98 0.72 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 182.21 33.81 MB/sec [256K blocks]
I know it wasn't questioned just to get an idea about it,
Results 286.28
Drive Type OWC Mercury 50Gb OWC Mercury Extreme SSD-E
Disk Test 286.28
Sequential 184.79
Uncached Write 226.37 138.99 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 214.51 121.37 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 102.41 29.97 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 356.80 179.33 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 635.14
Uncached Write 419.55 44.41 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 397.90 127.38 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 3266.56 23.15 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 913.23 169.46 MB/sec [256K blocks]
I hope it helped you in some way, Kuko

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