Only if it's a single drive. I don't build SOHO servers anymore with single drives. Nowadays I use 2 drives and Ubuntu Server than during the setup configure BIOS to set the disks as just a bunch of dumb drives, and then during OS installation turn on drive mirroring.
Pricing on used WD Golds is such that that's where you want to be at. Used Golds are usually datacenter pulls. Now for ultra reliability you can't beat a pair of WD Greens running at 5400 rpm. I have a pair that the mirror has gone through 3 PCs now. The drives have outlasted motherboards and power supplies. Ted -----Original Message----- From: PLUG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Rich Shepard Sent: Monday, December 8, 2025 9:52 AM To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Hardware advice: replacement internal desktop drive On Mon, 8 Dec 2025, Michael Ewan wrote: > Western Digital Blue or Red (depending on use case) are generally a good choice. Michael, So a WD Blue hdd would be a good choice for an SOHO server/workstation. Thanks, Rich
