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@gmail.com wrote:
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.
Or would it be better to get four 1.5 TB drives in RAID 10?
On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Adam Thompson athompso@athompso.net wrote: Seagate has had a bad few years in terms of both reliability and compatibility, but MAY be on the upswing again.
WD has been plugging along at about 10%-20% higher prices than Seagate, but without the major problems.
HGST has an on-again/off-again relationship with quality… but their enterprise drives seem solid.
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.
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.
-Adam
From: roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca [mailto:roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca] On Behalf Of Kevin McGregor Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 8:03 PM To: Continuation of Round Table discussion Subject: [RndTbl] Hard drives
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?
Kevin
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