grimm2000 Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Use the following code for $20 off the sticker.. EMCXMXL22 - Free Shipping.. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178338&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL080913&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL080913-_-EMC-080913-Index-_-InternalHardDrives-_-22178338-L0C Link to comment
fonzie Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 wow, I may have to bite the bullet on this one. I just upgraded to unRAID 5.0 rc16c from 4.7 and I'm ready to make the move to 4TB drives. would this make a good parity drive? I want a drive that will stay cool. Link to comment
garycase Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 It's a good price ... but I'd spend a bit more and get the Seagate NAS drive. I just built a system using 5 of these for someone and was very impressed -- superb performance, and the temps never got about the low 30's, even during parity checks. Plus you get a 50% longer warranty. Link to comment
fonzie Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 is this the drive you are mentioning? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178393 so it is really worth the premium? Link to comment
wirenut Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 is this the drive you are mentioning? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178393 so it is really worth the premium? yes that would be the one garycase is mentioning. i have the 2TB size and they are very nice drives. I'm monitoring the price waiting to pounce on 3 or 4 of these myself. Link to comment
WorriedAboutDataLoss Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I'm really confused whether to spend the extra bucks for Seagate NAS / WD Reds ... In my scenario - I expect my disks to be spun down for the most of the time. Perhaps spinning 2-3 hrs a day when I access my media server. Does it make sense to go for the 24x7 capabilities of those newer NAS drives mentioned or save money and get seagate barracudas / WD green drives!!! Any thoughts?? Link to comment
garycase Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 It's a choice only you can make. I don't always go for the lowest possible cost -- I want the most reliable drives that will minimize the likelihood that I need to recopy everything from my backups. I use older, lower-capacity drives for my backups ... and when I do need additional backup drives, THEN I buy the least expensive drives, since I'm going to be essentially filling them up; verifying them against the array; and then storing them away ... hopefully to never be accessed again [i DO, however, have checksums stored with every folder on both my server and the backups, so I can re-validate anything (or everything) with a single click on "Verify Checksums" anytime I want] But for my server, I use only NAS drives -- WD Reds or Seagate NAS units. They both work VERY well; have 3 year warranties; and are simply excellent drives. When you consider what you're spending for the server altogether, it's really a pretty modest cost to use the higher quality drives. Link to comment
NodNarb012 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 There's a lot more to those NAS/Red drives than just the 24x7 durability feature. For me the appeal is the better failure rate (MTBF) and the smarter RAID-tuned error recovery. Do some research on them, if you're really Worried About Data Loss, I'm sure you'll find their benefits worth the extra cost. Link to comment
WorriedAboutDataLoss Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Thx guys!! You just convinced me to stick to WD Reds / Seagate NAS for my purchases. Just ordered 2 Reds from newegg!!!! Link to comment
garycase Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 I suspect Newegg's current very-good sale price on the 3TB Reds helped with that decision ... but as I noted above, it's worth using the NAS drives even if you have to pay a bit of a premium. Link to comment
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