Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It sounds like I should watch sales for 10 to 14tb drives. With one failure I was planning on replacing one drive at a time with a larger drive. I was hesitant to mix Seagateand WD but it seems irrational at this point. Like you I always have at least one spare drive at hand and an extra 6 to 10 hours while the array rebuilds redundancy. On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 6:49 PM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> wrote: > I never buy the largest size available. I buy NAS certified 7200RPM. I > always buy on sale, which basically means last year?s model. I prefer > Seagate and WD. I always replace all of the disks in a NAS (one at a time) > when the second drive fails. I buy one more than the NAS holds, so I have a > spare. I check SMART data about once a month. If I were buying now I would > look first at 12TB Seagate. > > -- > > > > On 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory at gmail.com