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Go Flex Satellite - Wireless Portable Hard Drive

The amount of space we will need data that can take them wherever we go (read: portable hard drive) is increasingly acute. Large files are usually in the form of video, music and photos that have been granted is required in each of our personal computers. Not just for those who worked as a graphic designer, videographer, photographer, but also for us, everyone, especially film and music lovers.

The need to watch any movie that evolved into two terms, the need for a better quality of the resulting files are larger and the need for portable notabenenya switch to the use of tablets. For a job editing, it was clear a large file. But, for those who like the movie even more options to enjoy a larger file, the better. We see the presence of film quality High Definition (HD) to BluRay, would require a larger space on the hard disk. The need for portable was supported by the increasing number of tablets on the market, called the third generation iPad or Android?

Little "wedge" is a limitation of these tablets. Maximum on the market is 64GB, which means the film can only accommodate 10-15 HD / BluRay. How about adding a portable hard drive? Most require a USB connection! Go Flex Satellite is the only solution that we can get, because the tablet does not have a USB 2.0 connection, but it has wifi. Wifi technology was being used as a wireless Satellite Flex Go portable hard drive. With a 500GB capacity, if the average one film spends 1.5 GB, the disk can hold more than 300 movies!

16GB to 64GB iPad iPad differently around $ 200. Incidentally according to the price of the Flex Go Satellite. So, buy a 16GB iPad plus Flex Go Satellite produce an iPad with 516GB capacity, which is worth 64GB iPad. Another plus Satellite Go Flex is that it can be connected and used with a maximum of 3 tablets at the same time!

Thus, with reasonable prices, plus high mobility needs and the needs of an increasingly important data space, Go Flex Satellite is a friendly solution! Kill all your free time anywhere!


Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST2000DL003

2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST2000DL003
by Seagate

Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST2000DL003

I'm using previous Seagate 2TB LP (ST32000542AS) for over a year now. And, I was never very pleased by the older model: it make some strange noises that scared in the beginning. All four ST32000542AS units that I have do the same strange "click" noise. Googling I discovered that this annoying noise is normal for the first LP generation. This is a problem when you have 5 of then working together in a NAS. 

So, the first improve I noticed in STL2000DL003 is the quiet operation. Then I made some benchmarks using HD Tach: 
- Compared with ST32000542AS (firmware updated to CC35) the unit is faster in average read (113MB/s against 97.1MB/s) and uses less CPU (2% against 3%), but has worst Random access (17.4ms against 14.2ms). 
- Compared with WD20EARS: the unit is faster in average read (113MB/s against 100.6MB/s) and same CPU use (2%), but has worst in Random access (17.4ms against 16.2ms). 

Anyway, it's a nice HDD for the price. 

Other Thoughts: Some people do prefer WD hard drives, but in my experience there is no advantage in this particular brand. In the past I need to use worldwide RMA (from Brazil, to be specific) from WD and from Seagate. More than one time for both companies. Seagate was always fast and painless: no more than one week between send the defective unit and receive a new one (again: outside USA!).But with WD was a nightmare every time! More than one month to receive back the same unit, but refurbished. Guess what? The defective unit that they refurbished and sent me back has become defective again... Another "over a month" waiting for a solution. This happened more than one time, first with external HDD then with internal HDD (green caviar)! Since these events, I never bought a WD again and I don't recommend to anyone. 
So, in my opinion and my experience, the Seagate costumer service is another highlight for this HDD.




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