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.netwrote:
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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