[Leica] Hard drive advice?

[Don Dory]

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.
>
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Don
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