Hitachi Deskstar 3.5" 2TB 7200RPM SATA II 32MB Cache Internal Hard Drive 0S00164

by Hitachi

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 3.5 x 11 inches ; 11.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002D5DWZU
• Item model number: 0S00164
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 13, 2009

Product Description

The Deskstar hard drive delivers colossal storage capacity and 7200 RPM performance in a standard 3.5-inch form factor. The Deskstar has a robust mechanical design that exceeds the industry standard for quality and reliability. Through a patented ramp load/unload design, the risk of shock damage is minimized by eliminating direct contact between the heads and disks, reducing wear and heat while improving overall drive reliability and power efficiency. 2TB capacity, 3.5-inch Desktop SATA Hard Drive, Award winning performance, Colossal Capacity for your PC or Mac, High Reliability, Industry Leading green,power consumption

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Hard Drive for Raid 5 Setup, October 26, 2009

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Brian's Reviews (Vernon, CT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hitachi Deskstar 3.5" 2TB 7200RPM SATA II 32MB Cache Internal Hard Drive 0S00164 (Personal Computers)

I built a Linux Raid Server using 4 - 2tb Hitachi HD32000 Hard Drives in Raid 5 configuration. I then used two Seagate 250gb in Raid 1 for the Linux OS. This setup works great. I wanted to use the Seagate 1.5tb but there are problems with the firmware and Raid 5 configurations. The Hitachi's on the other hand have worked perfectly. I would recommend this to anyone building a solid Raid 5 setup looking for the best combination perfomance & value per tb.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice in my Drobo Raid: Affordable 2TB 7200RPM, November 30, 2009

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R. Auger - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hitachi Deskstar 3.5" 2TB 7200RPM SATA II 32MB Cache Internal Hard Drive 0S00164 (Personal Computers)

This drive is a latecomer in the 2TB arena and doesn't have many reviews, but it is a well loved contender.

I put several of these in a Drobo Raid Enclosure and they work extremely well, maxing out the claimed read/write speeds of the enclosure. This drive is the only affordable 7200rpm 2TB drive. They also start up quickly; when you've got four of them in one enclosure, this really matters. Because of this, a lot of people buy these for raids.

The green drives are popular, but the WD and Seagates seem to have a lot of trouble running in raid configurations without flashing the firmware. They can have varying RPMs from eachother set at the factory, not good at all.

Hitachi's are a bit noisy, my only complaint. But a nice throaty sound at least.

Be sure to look up the firmware in your enclosure or desktop and make sure that it fits a drive this modern and large.

32 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Noisier than my whole system, February 3, 2010

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Pedro Corbett (Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hitachi Deskstar 3.5" 2TB 7200RPM SATA II 32MB Cache Internal Hard Drive 0S00164 (Personal Computers)

I have just purchased this drive and it produces more noise when accessing data randomly than my 3 case fans plus CPU fan plus video card fan plus my other 3 HD's TOGETHER. What's worse, Hitachi simply removed the option to alter the AAM (Automatic Acoustic Management) parameters from their Feature Tool utility since its version 2.13.

If anybody else was unfortunate enough to purchase this drive, here's the solution: get the freeware utility WinAAM or the more sophisticated HD Tune (not freeware), boot the system with the HD set to IDE mode in the BIOS (AAM can't be altered in SATA/AHCI/RAID mode) and set the AAM value to 128. There will be NO noticeable performance penalty (I did A LOT of testing with HD Tach) and the absurd noise will disappear.

I tried contacting Hitachi's support about this but they didn't seem to even bother reading my message and sent me a standard copy and paste reply. This will be my first and last Hitachi hard drive EVER.