Which drive the WD red or Green for none NAS use

Meridiusuk

Meridiusuk

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Hi all

I want to buy a 3tb drive and since samsung have stoped making there drives i was woundering which drive to get.

I have had a look at the WD green and red but i dont know which is the better drive. I dont use a NAS systems or raid and the drives will be just used as single drive storage as it will be [placed into a server.

can anyone help me on what to use.

thanks
 
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I read that the red have 1TB platters and have TLER support should you ever use them in a raid config.

So why would the greens be better just out of interest

Thanks
 
I'm using red and green in my N40L. Both are good drives :)

Cost is probably the main factor, as the red's carry a premium. However I do find in the server the red is pretty much silent whereas I can occassionally hear the green. Neither drive is noisy though, so don't base your decision on that.

Temp wise I find the red runs about 5°C cooler than the green in the same case.
 
Cheers.

Are the greens 1tb per platter. 5c is a lot as I would prob have 5 of these in one system. What temps are the red and greens when in use. ?
 
Yeah, 5°C is a big difference, but that is the max I've seen, usually it's more like 3 or 4°C (3 is the smallest gap I've seen).

Not exactly sure of the platter size of the 2TB green I'm using.

Here's a copy of my OpenHardwareMonitor log for the past three days if it's of any use...

RED: WDC WD30EFRX-68AX9N0
Current: 27 Min: 23 Max: 27

GREEN: WDC WD20EARS-00S8B1
Current: 30 Min: 28 Max: 30
 
cheers

so why are people not recomending these drives as single drives over the greens then i just dont understand why that is if the reds are better built and cooler and have the option of using them in a nas or raid setup at a later date.

why are people saying stop away from reds for single drive use ? and go for greens. leaving the price out of it
 
WD Red drives are designed for RAID systems with data redundancy. The Time Limited Error Recovery means the drive gives up retrying a failed read earlier as the data is available on another drive. In a single drive system you probably want the drive to try longer on the read as there's no where else the data is available.
 
Thanks for explaining that.

But could u not turn this option on and off ? I mean wd can not expect you to buy green drives in a single drive system then decide to go raid or nas later on and them replace all the drives to red. Surely there must be an option to have it in or off for this reason.

Thanks
 
reds also have 22ms average access time, greens have 15ms average access time, so greens will be quicker for more random use patterns.
the way i see it reds are just for streaming large video files from or used a storing backup images.
 
Cyber-Mav said:
reds also have 22ms average access time, greens have 15ms average access time, so greens will be quicker for more random use patterns.
the way i see it reds are just for streaming large video files from or used a storing backup images.
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there going to be used for my HTPC for strage of media files and also as a machine which will be used to stream to other front ends in the house.

but not for NAS or Raid just as single drives. I have got all 2tb samsung f4 drives in there at teh moment and becasue you can ot get them anymore by samsung i just dont know which manufacture or what type of drives to go for for cool and reliability and low sound levels.

I dont know what other drives compare to the samsung f4 for cool and sound levels and build quality

thanks
 
Just been reading about the green drives and problems with some sort of head parking every 8sec and this could cause lock ups when coming out of standby and reducing the life of the drive.

The reds do not seem to have this problem. I just don't now what to do.
 
Meridiusuk said:
I just don't now what to do.
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Either will be fine. The Green's head parking "problem" is a non-issue in practice, and the Red's TLER optimisations for RAID use are unlikely to be encountered in a single-drive scenario unless the drive is peppered with bad sectors, in which case you've got bigger problems anyway.

Just go for the best price/warranty combination you can find, or pick the colour you like best, and don't fall prey to analysis paralysis. :)
 
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