July 17, 20187 yr What you guys think about using 2.5" 4tb drives with unraid. I just received 25 bay 2.5" hp server DL380 G8 I can get 96tb plus 1tb ssd cache Those 4tb 5400 drives have 128 mb cache https://www.costco.com/Seagate-Backup-Plus-4TB-Portable-Hard-Drive-with-Rescue-Data-Recovery-Services.product.100295697.html https://mattgadient.com/2018/01/27/how-to-shuck-the-seagate-expansion-4tb-portable-stea4000400-and-why/ Edited July 17, 20187 yr by tritron
July 18, 20187 yr Lots of enterprise servers use 2.5" drives. I also use 2.5" drives in own machines - the media cost is higher/TB but dropping. And the 2.5" disks are less power-hungry. One disadvantage is that there are still fewer 2.5" models to select from.
July 18, 20187 yr Author There are 5tb 2.5 hard drive for 119 each in external enclosure. From reading 5tb drive seem much better. st5000lm000 is inside 5tb external slim drive I thinking about getting 24 of those and 1 tb ssd as cache.
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