Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are a braver person than I am. Murphy is my best buddy so I have to assume multiple simultaneous failures at any given time. On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 6:22 PM Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I just bought a 2 slot NAS. I am putting on the 8TB Seagate Ironwolf > drives. ( NAS is a Synology). > > The WD can be a bit cheaper. Some prefer WD, some prefer Seagate. > > There was a big sale on 14TB drives recently, Sold for $219 each. > They are built to last a bit longer, running 24/7. Seagate Ironwolf and > WD Red are the tywo commonly seen drives. But HGST and Hitachi and > Samsung also make NAS Drives. > > The big issue is to get the NAS qualified drives. Synology provides a > list of "certified" drives. I bet Drobo does as well. > > Thanksgiving is around the corner, and that is the time to buy HDD. > They go on sale. > > Buy whatever can fit in the box that is at the sweet spot of $$$ per > TB. $25 is the magic "normal" price per TB. ( 10TB = $250, 16TB = $400) > > It has been $25/TB for over a year..... > > > Frank Filippone > BMWRed735i at gmail.com > > On 10/13/2021 2:52 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote: > > For the computer literati on the list. I suffered a hard drive failure > on > > my 5 slot Drobo. Not a problem and have swapped in a replacement > drive. I > > did change settings to two drive failure mode with a corresponding > decrease > > in capacity. > > > > My question is what are the better 3.5 inch large capacity drives? I am > > currently using 6tb red wolf drives and am contemplating going to 14tb > > drives if they have similar reliability probabilities. > > > > Advice and suggestions happily received. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com