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Cheapest WD Red 8 TB?
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InTheCube
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Curious why you've picked the WD red 8tb's.
Looking to upgrade one of my NAS's also, and have been checking drive prices.
I run mine in a raidz1 zpool. raidz2 would be the better choice, but budget considerations > safety considerations...
I'm likely going with the 5TB 7200rpm Toshiba's myself, although if the Hitachi's were cheaper, i'd definitely go with those..
IMHO the price difference for the 8TB sized drives isn't worth it. 4TB and 5TB are the sweet spot still in most brands.
8TB also runs significantly hotter, which becomes an issue when you have multiple together.
WD and Seagate quality isn't that great.
Hitachi, Toshiba over WD or Seagate.
Also worth a read - https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-q4-2015/
Looking to upgrade one of my NAS's also, and have been checking drive prices.
I run mine in a raidz1 zpool. raidz2 would be the better choice, but budget considerations > safety considerations...
I'm likely going with the 5TB 7200rpm Toshiba's myself, although if the Hitachi's were cheaper, i'd definitely go with those..
IMHO the price difference for the 8TB sized drives isn't worth it. 4TB and 5TB are the sweet spot still in most brands.
8TB also runs significantly hotter, which becomes an issue when you have multiple together.
WD and Seagate quality isn't that great.
Hitachi, Toshiba over WD or Seagate.
Also worth a read - https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-q4-2015/
Ok so first off. We are in the same boat, I'm getting them for a NAS.
I'm trying to go for the maximum to save upgrading for the next while.
The other alternative for me was to get a bunch of these:
https://www.amazon.com/5700RPM-Cach...qid=1468154468&sr=1-7&keywords=6tb+hard+drive
Our company sends people to the US all the time, so it isn't super expensive to get them here. I can also use a forwarding service.
Those drives are 6TB WD Red drives with a 1yr warranty and a white label.
I don't really put much faith in hard drive warranty past the first year so they suit me.
And as you say, at R2328.30 they really are great value (taxes and such will push that amount up a bit obviously but still FAR cheaper).
Not sure which way to go.
I either need 4x8TB or 6x6TB.
The 8TB is great because they have really incredible performance and longer life time (they are helium filled drives)
This is one of the reasons I've sort of kept them in the running against the much cheaper 6TB drives.
But I guess you are correct about the cheaper drives
I'm trying to go for the maximum to save upgrading for the next while.
The other alternative for me was to get a bunch of these:
https://www.amazon.com/5700RPM-Cach...qid=1468154468&sr=1-7&keywords=6tb+hard+drive
Our company sends people to the US all the time, so it isn't super expensive to get them here. I can also use a forwarding service.
Those drives are 6TB WD Red drives with a 1yr warranty and a white label.
I don't really put much faith in hard drive warranty past the first year so they suit me.
And as you say, at R2328.30 they really are great value (taxes and such will push that amount up a bit obviously but still FAR cheaper).
Not sure which way to go.
I either need 4x8TB or 6x6TB.
The 8TB is great because they have really incredible performance and longer life time (they are helium filled drives)
This is one of the reasons I've sort of kept them in the running against the much cheaper 6TB drives.
But I guess you are correct about the cheaper drives
You can't really compare the current generation drives with the WD Red 8TB drives.
They are sealed helium filled drives and in theory should have much higher life expectancy.
In practice they run at lower temperature and with less power.
Performance is also much better than previous generation drives.
Not saying it is that important, just saying, they aren't directly comparable.
Where did you get them for that price?
To round off this thread.
I did a comparison using the prices here: http://www.wootware.co.za/computer-.../internal-hard-drives?dir=asc&order=price&p=1
Got:
Haha, yesterday on Amazon.com during Prime Day.
Got 3x ST8000VN0002
I did a comparison using the prices here: http://www.wootware.co.za/computer-.../internal-hard-drives?dir=asc&order=price&p=1
Got:
Haha, yesterday on Amazon.com during Prime Day.
Got 3x ST8000VN0002
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