May 26, 201115 yr I was wondering if it would be safe to mix WD Green 2TB drives with Hitachi 5k3000 2TB Drives on a unraid system? I was just wondering cause the Hitachi's are on sale this weak for $70 each with a $10 rebate.
May 26, 201115 yr That is the beauty of unRAID you can mix pretty much whatever hard drives you want. To answer you specifically... You will not run into issues running both of these drives in the same server. If you are pretty new to the forum make sure you read up on how to preclear a hard drive using Joe L.'s software. It will save you headaches down the road.
May 26, 201115 yr I was wondering if it would be safe to mix WD Green 2TB drives with Hitachi 5k3000 2TB Drives on a unraid system? I have three data drives ... three different manufacturers!
May 26, 201115 yr I was wondering if it would be safe to mix WD Green 2TB drives with Hitachi 5k3000 2TB Drives on a unraid system? I have three data drives ... three different manufacturers! Pfff. How about: Seagate Samsung WD Hitachi Fujitsu 3.5" 7200rpm 3.5" 5400rpm 2.5" 4200rpm 2.5" 5400rpm Beat that!
May 26, 201115 yr I was wondering if it would be safe to mix WD Green 2TB drives with Hitachi 5k3000 2TB Drives on a unraid system? I was just wondering cause the Hitachi's are on sale this weak for $70 each with a $10 rebate. Some would say it's not just safe, it's preferential. The chances of 2 identical drives sharing a manufacturers defect that will take them out simultaneously are MUCH higher. If you mix and match totally different drives, hopefully each drive will fail at different times, so as long as you stay vigilant and replace failed drives at the first sign of trouble, you are better off that way. There are two types of hard drives. Those that already have failed, and those that will fail.
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