The 3TB Caviar Green Drive from Western Digital

The Caviar Green hard drives from Western Digital are excellent at conserving power and run cool and quiet. And their 3TB model does exactly the same and is an ideal candidate for testing WHS Vail or for extending your Windows Home Server v1 (as long as you follow the advice here).

If you would like more information on this particular hard drive then hardware review site TechwareLabs has a review on the massive 3TB drive from WD, where it received the Awesome Hardware status:

Despite the potential incompatibilities with older systems, this drive rocks. It’s the most performance we’ve seen out of the Green Drive series to date…

Overall, this is a great purchase. Whether you’re a data pack rat and need another data drive or are upgrading an existing NAS, you won’t be disappointed. The Western Digital 3TB Green Drive truly is an awesome piece of hardware.

You can read their comprehensive 7 page review here.

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