After all that effort proving the 8TB drives were almost perfect for unRAID I wonder if we are in for the same pain for the 10TB drives too!

 

 

http://www.kitguru.net/components/hard-drives/anton-shilov/seagate-reiterates-plans-to-release-10tb-hdds-this-year/

Yay! Drive down the price of the 8TBs 

I think I'll still plan on using the 8TB units later this year when I build my next server => the 10TB units are going to use 6 1.66TB platters;  the 8TB units use 6 1.33TB platters => the lower density seems likely to be a bit more reliable.    But hopefully the availability of the 10TB units will result in slightly better pricing for the 8TB units 

the 10TB units are going to use 6 1.66TB platters;  the 8TB units use 6 1.33TB platters => the lower density seems likely to be a bit more reliable.   

 

How are you comparing reliability of a drive to an as yet unreleased drive?  Do you want to tell us about your time machine?

No time machine involved -- but experience has shown that when higher density platters are used, there are often reliability issues that take a while to sort out.    WD's 6TB Reds have not been as reliable as their 3 & 4TB units ... and I suspect that's due to the 1.2TB platters vs. the 1TB platters of the 1-4 TB versions.    Seagate is already pushing a bit with the 1.33TB platters on the 8TB SMR drive -- but it's been very reliable (both in my experience, with a couple of them in my desktops; and on several UnRAID systems that members of this forum have built) ... so I see no reason to be an early adopter of the 1.66TB/platter units.

 

They'll PROBABLY be just fine ... but I'll wait a while and let others confirm that      These drives cost enough that if I'm going to buy 6-8 or them (which is my plan for the 8TB-based server) I'm happy to be a bit conservative.