Teacher:Given an Amazon customer review, write a title for the review. The preferred titles are under fifteen words.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: This is an extensive review that compares this Seagate 2 TB Hard Drive with many other hard drives that I have owned. I do own this Seagate Hard Drive. I also present insight into the performance of this Hard Drive compared to what else is available.<br /><br />For the last 5 years, I've purchased only Western Digital brand hard drives. I've owned 2 WD Passport external hard drives (750 GB 3.5\" & 320 GB 2.5\"), 3 1TB Caviar Green drives, 1 1TB Caviar Black drive, 2 1.5TB Caviar Green drives (64 MB cache & 32 MB cache versions), and 1 320 GB WD drive. All of these have worked or still are working flawlessly. I have not experienced a single drive failure or overheating problem. I have run these drives in an LG NAS Blu-ray unit, a desktop, and as external storage for 2 laptops, and even a DVD player with USB. I am overjoyed with Western Digital hard drives and do not plan on using other brands.<br /><br />5 years ago, I owned a Seagate Hard Drive that failed the week after the limited 90 day warranty ended. I lost all of my data and was offered no compassion from Seagate. I had to junk the drive. Luckily I had a stack of DVDs backing up about 90% of my files. So my past experience with Seagate is not very positive, but I will give this drive a non-bias review.<br /><br />I always recommend using additional methods of data back-up for irreplaceable files, storing the back-ups in different physical locations (office, home, parents' house, etc). I have recently invested in a Blu-ray Recorder as prices for BD-R discs have dropped to about $0.10 per GB - comparable to Hard Drive storage prices at the time of writing this review. At 25GB per Blu-ray disc, this is an ideal media for storing back-up files off site - very easy to transport or ship.<br /><br />I was given this Seagate 2 TB Hard Drive and thought that a review would be helpful because of my extensive experience with other hard drives.<br /><br />1) 2 TB data. Great storage size. Not much to say here. Price per GB is comparable to other brands.<br /><br />2) 32 MB cache size. This is the standard cache size at the time of writing this review. However recently a 64 MB cache size has been released. For about the same price per GB of this Seagate drive, I purchased a WD 1.5TB with 64 MB cache size (bought on sale). I recommend a higher cache size because it allows for faster data transfer speed.<br /><br />3) 5900 RPM disc spin. Non-\"eco\" hard drives spin at 7200 RPM for significantly faster data transfer rates. 5900 RPM does reduce heat and energy consumption and is acceptable for hard drives that are used to store files, and not to run software. Seagate gets a positive review for a relatively fast \"eco\" spin rate - faster than the traditional 5400 RPM. However Western Digital has been using a variable spin rate of 5400-7200 RPM in their Caviar Green drives for over 2 years. \"Better late than never\" is a good slogan for this Seagate drive.<br /><br />4) Reported high failure rate of this drive. My own Seagate 2 TB drive is running without problems as an eSATA connected external HDD. However this HDD has been plagued with reviewers experiencing disc failure - with approximately 30% of reviewers reporting drive failure. Compare this to Western Digital drives that show about 1-2% drive failures from Amazon.com reviewers. 30% is far too high. Maybe Seagate needs to modify their hardware or perhaps Amazon's \"frustration free packaging\" is at fault. Either way, a failure rate this high must be taken seriously by Seagate and buyers.<br /><br />5) Loud noise for an \"eco\" hard drive. Eco drives are designed to run on low power with a lower noise compared to faster spinning hard drives. Compared to my Wester Digital drives, which I cannot even hear spin in my NAS unit, this Seagate is louder. Not louder than a standard 7200 RPM drive, but louder than comparable eco-drives that spin around 5400 RPM.<br /><br />My personal conclusion is that this hard driveis just a run-of-the-mill hard drive that has started out on the wrong foot. High failure rates, average performance scores, and nothing to set it apart from the competition. Personally, I have been overjoyed with the performance of my Wester Digital hard drives. This Seagate has given me nothing to get excited about. So I will continue to be faithful to Western Digital and recommend WD until my own experience convinces me otherwise.igh failure rates, average performance scores, and nothing to set it apart from the competition. Personally, I have been overjoyed with the performance of my Wester Digital hard drives. This Seagate has given me nothing to get excited about. So I will continue to be faithful to Western Digital and recommend WD until my own experience convinces me otherwise.
Student:
Decent Hard Drive, but I'd considered another brand