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Cavallino

Cavallino

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As title folks. Bigger family, more pictures and videos!
Looking to get at least a 4TB drive, but would welcome your recommendations.
Is there a particular capacity which is the sweet spot in terms of price/GB at the moment?
Honestly speaking I dont mind paying a little extra for 6TB or 10TB.

Thanks in advance.
 
I bought an 8TB ultrastar DC HC320 for £184 last week which actually seems insanely cheap. Personally, I preferred paying an extra £30 for a proper drive with a full 5 year warranty, 7200rpm and not SMR.
 
Thanks for the headsup Kei, never knew about SMR technology until I read up on it.
Anyway to look out for "non-SMR" based drives?

Im not looking to get a robust and good performing drive.
 
Kei said:
I bought an 8TB ultrastar DC HC320 for £184 last week which actually seems insanely cheap. Personally, I preferred paying an extra £30 for a proper drive with a full 5 year warranty, 7200rpm and not SMR.
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Thats a good price. I went the shucking route and picked up two WD D10 12TB external drives at £180 each.

Only a 3 year warranty but easy to remove from the enclosure and have an HC520 inside (rumour is WD will honour the 5 year warranty if you return the bare drive).

Will probably pick up another 2 when they're next on offer.
 
Folks so something like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaCLvv3Qkmg

Seems quite easy. Is there a big difference in price between the external version and the standard version?
Why is the external version cheaper since it has a case and additional electronics?

Also I heard there could be some problems with powering the HD (something about the 3V line?)
Thanks for your advice folks.
 
Minstadave said:
Internal or external drive?

Are you averse to shucking a drive (removing a drive from an external enclosure?).
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Not something I would recommend. Sure, it can work out, but when I tried it I got and amazingly noisy drive that rattled worse than farmer Joe's 1893 steam powered bailing machine. You have no idea what you are going to end up with when you shuck, but the manufacturers are well wise to this now.
 
pp111 said:
Not something I would recommend. Sure, it can work out, but when I tried it I got and amazingly noisy drive that rattled worse than farmer Joe's 1893 steam powered bailing machine. You have no idea what you are going to end up with when you shuck, but the manufacturers are well wise to this now.
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If you read up a few posts the drive I think is the best bet for shucking (12TB D10) has the same drive in every one, a HC520 Datacentre drive that costs twice as much retail. Its a very high quality drive.

Many shuck the WD essentials and there is some variability with those but not with the D10 12TB.
 
Cavallino said:
Thanks both. And in the meantime, if I want to go the non-shucking route, any recommendations?
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Just get a WD Blue. If you want larger than 6TB then you are forced to get WD Red. The reason I say WD is they seem to have slightly higher reliability than Seagate. Although Toshiba are good, they are noisier than WD Blues and Reds. Everyone has their favourites of course. Insanely for larger drives WD Gold can be had for less money than a standard Red. Gold tick constantly though which annoys some people.
 
Cavallino said:
Thanks this is very insightful.
Sorry for the basic question, what are the differences between "Red" "Gold" and "Blue"?
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Blue are designed to operate in your PC. Red are for a NAS. Gold are the pro quality drives.

The ideal choice is the blue - the standard quality drive for a PC. The Red are a little different, but you aren't going to notice any difference. The Gold are just the top of the range in performance and reliability, but as I said before they can be a bit annoying.
 
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