[Leica] Hard drive advice?

[Frank Filippone]

I should say that I also, besides the NAS, have at least 3 backup HDD 
attached directly to the computer via USB.

1 Failure?  Don;t care, I got lots of backups.....  And those HDD are 
not turned on unless I am backing up.

Using ONLY a Raid array for making sure you do not lose anything is a 
non starter with me.....  Even 8TB USB drives are only $125..... the NAS 
drives are $200.... false economy.

Frank Filippone
BMWRed735i at gmail.com

On 10/13/2021 5:08 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> 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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