Vocatus Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Since the Recommended Builds page is woefully out of date (June 2011), I was wondering what the current preferred 2 TB drives are? Currently I have 7,200 RPM 500GB drives, but looking to expand, starting with the parity first. thanks Link to comment
vl1969 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I don't really think it makes a difference. any drive will do. Link to comment
garycase Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I'd recommend the WD Red or the Seagate NAS drive. Both of these are excellent drives that have superb performance and a 3 year warranty. Both use 1TB platters, so have much higher data transfer rates than drives with lower areal density. They're not the cheapest, but the price differential is modest; and they're well worth the extra few $$ Link to comment
Vocatus Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 I'd recommend the WD Red or the Seagate NAS drive. Both of these are excellent drives that have superb performance and a 3 year warranty. Both use 1TB platters, so have much higher data transfer rates than drives with lower areal density. They're not the cheapest, but the price differential is modest; and they're well worth the extra few $$ Thanks garycase. Do you notice any speed issues with 5,400 RPM drives? Link to comment
garycase Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 The Red spins at 5400; the Seagate NAS at 5900. Both are plenty fast enough to saturate a Gb LAN connection, as they have very high areal density (remember, they're both 1TB/platter units). Obviously the seek times are slower than with 7200 rpm units; but I'm VERY happy with the NAS-oriented drives. They run much cooler than 7200 rpm units; and the performance is certainly good enough. Link to comment
Vocatus Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 The Red spins at 5400; the Seagate NAS at 5900. Both are plenty fast enough to saturate a Gb LAN connection, as they have very high areal density (remember, they're both 1TB/platter units). Obviously the seek times are slower than with 7200 rpm units; but I'm VERY happy with the NAS-oriented drives. They run much cooler than 7200 rpm units; and the performance is certainly good enough. Okay, I'll take your advice. I just bought a 7,200 RPM drive for the parity, but I'll replace the rest of them with the NAS drives. As long as they can saturate a 1GB link I'm happy. Thank-you. Link to comment
garycase Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 My 3TB WD Reds easily outperform my 2TB 7200rpm WD Black -- thanks to the areal density of the 1TB platters. Of course a newer 1TB/platter WD Black would outperform the Reds. But the NAS units use much less power; run a lot cooler; and easily have "good enough" performance. They'll easily outperform your older 500GB drives. Link to comment
Vocatus Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 My 3TB WD Reds easily outperform my 2TB 7200rpm WD Black -- thanks to the areal density of the 1TB platters. Of course a newer 1TB/platter WD Black would outperform the Reds. But the NAS units use much less power; run a lot cooler; and easily have "good enough" performance. They'll easily outperform your older 500GB drives. Great, thank-you. I'm looking forward to swapping them out. Link to comment
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