[RndTbl] Hard drives

Kevin McGregor kevin.a.mcgregor at gmail.com
Sun Jan 13 21:33:14 CST 2013


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 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.****
>
> 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.****
>
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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.****
>
> 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****
>
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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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> *Subject:* [RndTbl] Hard drives****
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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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