[RndTbl] Hard drives

Brian Doob brian at doob.ca
Sun Jan 13 22:02:19 CST 2013


I haven't used the WD Red, but Silent PC Review was impressed:

http://www.silentpcreview.com/WD_Red

I'm guessing that the Red will be your best option….

On 2013-01-13, at 9:33 PM, Kevin McGregor <kevin.a.mcgregor at gmail.com> wrote:

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> How about the WD "Red" drives? They're marketed as small-NAS drives, suitable for 24x7 operation. 3 TB WD Red drives are available at Memory Express for $170 each.
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> Or would it be better to get four 1.5 TB drives in RAID 10?
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> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Adam Thompson <athompso at athompso.net> wrote:
> Seagate has had a bad few years in terms of both reliability and compatibility, but MAY be on the upswing again.
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> WD has been plugging along at about 10%-20% higher prices than Seagate, but without the major problems.
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> HGST has an on-again/off-again relationship with quality… but their enterprise drives seem solid.
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> Above all, make sure you carefully check out the MTBF and POH specs for any drive you’re considering – many new drives aren’t rated to *SPIN* 24x7 anymore.
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> Lastly, I now suggest buying retail from a local provider to whom you can (relatively) easily return them.  The age of the reliable HDD seems to be over.
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> -Adam
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> From: roundtable-bounces at muug.mb.ca [mailto:roundtable-bounces at muug.mb.ca] On Behalf Of Kevin McGregor
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 8:03 PM
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> I need to replace my (degraded mode :-( ) 2 TB RAID 5 array ASAP. I'd like ~3 TB of usable space and RAID 1 is preferred over RAID 5/6. Would anyone like to suggest replacement drives?
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> Kevin
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