tucansam Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 I am about to drop the hammer on a 6TB parity drive so I can buy 6TB drives in the future for upgrades. Had been looking at the Seagate NAS and WD Red, now the egg hits my inbox with a $199 WD Blue 6TB. Any comments on running (modern) Blues in unraid? I've got a few Greens left with the head park disabled, otherwise all my unraid disks are Seagate NAS or WD Reds. Wondering about the 24/7 longevity of the Blues (mine all spin down but you know what I mean). Thanks Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 New 2TB and up WD blue = WD green Exactly same disk, cames with head park set to 8sec., can be disabled like wd greens with wdidle3. Quote Link to comment
tucansam Posted February 6, 2016 Author Share Posted February 6, 2016 I have only ever used greens for data drives, since the parity drive gets such a thrashing. Any harm in using the new blues for parity? Anyone running blues with success in their 24/7 servers? Quote Link to comment
kizer Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 All I've ever used is Greens since day one for Parity and Data with no issues. Quote Link to comment
Unqualified Spectator Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Yep, Blues are the new Green - The only diff I have ever seen is Reds have better warranty but you pay for that difference. Zero difference in the hardware or performance - may be a slight tweak in firmware but nothing that wdidle can't fix. Total agreement - WD Greens (mine, anyway) have been 100% reliable. I had a blue in another PC build - couldn't tell any difference in performance between that and a Green in another PC. They all run 24/7. 2 TB Green running for 3 years as Parity with no issues - it finished a Parity check 2 days ago and is being replaced with a 6TB Red. Just don't expect swift response when spinning up from idle state. I would expect a blue to do as well as a green. HellDiverUK is using blues and he gives them solid marks. Just FYI. Quote Link to comment
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