You might want to check out THIS <https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/wiki/hardware#wiki_hard_drives> list of HDDs from the Datahorders subreddit wiki <https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/wiki/index>.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 9:31 AM Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 1/7/21 9:07 AM, TomasK wrote: > > On Wed, 2021-01-06 at 23:23 -0800, Ben Koenig wrote: > >> On 1/6/21 8:06 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >>> On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 12:39:07 -0800 > >>> John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> dijo: > >>> > >>>> Thanks for the opinion on Synology, echoing what Ron said. I > >>>> think I'll > >>>> continue using it, and just replace the disks. > >>> I'm fixin' to buy a couple of 16TB WD Gold drives, that is, if I > >>> can > >>> find anyone who has them in stock. > >>> > >>> And that is, unless I hear from someone here that the WD 16TB Gold > >>> is a > >>> bad idea. > >> > >> Last I heard WD Gold was discontinued which would explain why they > >> appear to be out of stock. For a small NAS you probably want to look > >> at > >> WD Red or Seagate Ironwolf. Both have decent longevity but since you > >> are > >> running RAID0 you are rolling the dice regardless of what you buy. > >> > >> > >> As for RAID0, I want to re-iterate what Tomas pointed out. RAID0 > >> does > >> not offer you any benefit and will result in losing 100% of your > >> data > >> when a single disk fails. JBOD or SPAN will function exactly the > >> same > >> without putting your data at risk. > >> > >> > >> My recommendation is that you go with NAS branded disks running at > >> 5400RPM. When you install them Synology should provide a JBOD or > >> SPAN > >> option that will work just as before without scaring the living snot > >> out > >> of everyone on this list. > >> > >> -Ben > >> > >> > > I would recommend against getting WD Red NAS drives - they are shingled > > (SMR) drives. Seagate Ironwolf are normal NAS drives. > > > WD has 2 lines, Red and Red Pro. WD Red Pro drives are CMR. > > http://products.wdc.com/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2579-810239.pdf > > > I also think people overestimate the problems with SMR but since it was > an intermediate step in HDD development I don't really care if you buy > it or don't. It would just be nice if people would relax with the > misinformation because it only takes about 30 seconds on duckduckgo.com > to realize that Western Digital actually does provide CMR NAS drives.... > > > #EveryoneIsAnExpert > > -Ben > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
