[Leica] Hard drive advice?

[Frank Filippone]

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.