December 29, 20223 yr First off, I only have a 7TB array, 2x2TB and 2X1.5tb drives. The 1.5tb drives are getting really old, I do not need a huge array and I am thinking for swapping parity and the 2 1.5tb drives for a pair of 4tb drives. I have been reading everywhere trying to figure out what drives to buy and everytime I pick one I find something that makes me change my mind. I am living on a budget, thus the old server. Mainly media and onsite backup of 2 HA installs, PFsense and a Pi4 general linux machine. I also run ripper, we have a substantial DVD collection of movies and TV shows. So, I do run Plex as well. My mobo is almost an antique and I am thinking of updating to an i5 9,10 or 11 gen cpu and board. Less drives gets me out of my giant Lian Li case as well. What drives would you all suggest? I know I want CMR and 7200rpm. I have been thinking WD red or red pro and Segate Ironwolf. The nice thing, once my parity drive is up to 4tb, it would only take 2 more to replace all 4 drives in my array!
December 30, 20223 yr 23 hours ago, mattw said: First off, I only have a 7TB array 23 hours ago, mattw said: The nice thing, once my parity drive is up to 4tb, it would only take 2 more to replace all 4 drives in my array! Suggest only use two disk, 1 parity and 1 data. Then actually they just a pair mirror disk. 8TB disk also in reasonable price. On 12/29/2022 at 1:39 PM, mattw said: WD red It could be SMR.
December 31, 20223 yr On 12/29/2022 at 5:39 AM, mattw said: I know I want CMR and 7200rpm. I have been thinking WD red or red pro and Segate Ironwolf. Stay away from WD Reds. Get WD Red Plus or Seagate Ironwolf/Exos
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