March 19, 20224 yr I am about to purchase four 16tb drives and start an UnRaid service after testing it for a few weeks for my photography business. Any reason I should not go with the WD Gold drives instead of the Red Pro drives? Aside from the extra noise? It looks like the cache is larger as is the TBR/ year on the Gold drives. Any one using the Gold units? Thanks
March 19, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, JGKahuna said: purchase four 16tb drives Sorry, no comment on red or gold, but whichever you land on, try not to have them all shipped at the same time. Ideally you should purchase each one from a different vendor, hoping to possibly get a different shipment from the factory. Hard drives are fragile, and if the shipper dropkicks your package, you don't want all 4 drives to experience the same trauma. Plus, many shippers get a little lax when sending multiple identical items, and the packing separating the items doesn't keep them from hitting each other.
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