Hitachi 7K250 250GB DeskStar Internal Hard Drive

Hitachi 7K250 250GB DeskStar Internal Hard Drive
by Hitachi

Category: CE
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Manufacturer: Hitachi
Product features:

Parallel-ATA Interface
Industry leading HDD performance with the highest media transfer rate and lowest average time
Three disk design provides for higher capacity, leading with 250 GB at 7200RPM
Low power mode for multi drive functions
An 8 MB buffer enables faster data processing, particularly helpful for large block transfers

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Customer Review: Great Drive As Long As Nothing Goes Wrong!
Summary: 4 Stars

I've used this drive for a good 2 weeks straight inside my NAS(Network Attached Storage) utilizing ext3 partition. From what I can tell and the access time, it is quite a strong if not better performer than comparable drives from Maxtor.

The greatest thing about the drive is how quiet it runs. The drive runs even quieter than my CPU fan! The sound level does compare to Maxtor drives since they both use similar fluid bearing technologies.

Came with a three year warranty, but here is the drawback. From my knowledge, since Hitachi acquired the IBM Storage division, they no longer perform advance RMA's on drives. For those who are unfamiliar with the term, this is where the manufacturer sends a replacement out to you first before you send the defective item back(Given that you provide a credit card to assure them the return of the defective item).

If you purchase any Hard drive for the purpose of storing critical data or as your primary(only) hard drive, it becomes rather convenient, if not absolutely neccessary, to do an Advance RMA so you avoid as much downtime as possible. I have another Hitachi drive I've performed an RMA on and the replacment did not come for 2 WEEKS AFTER THEY RECEIVED THE DRIVE! Luckily this was not a critical drive, but had it been my only drive, this would have been a major inconvenience.

Aside from the change in warranty issue on Hitachi's part, the drive performs the way it was intended and in my opinion still is a good product. If warranty support were better, it would have made it a great product.

Pros:
-Great Performance
-Extremely quiet
-Three Year Warranty(Retail Package)

Cons:
-Slow warranty responce
-No Advance RMA available. (As of the date of this review)

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