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arfoll said:
Actually for 10TB the WD specs show the 5400 tops out at 210MB/s instead of 240MB/s for the pro (7200rpm). Tbh on a gigabit link maxing out at 125MB/s it's all a bit academic - i'm not hopeful the figures are reachable ehehe. I have a small NVME drive for the fast local stuff (and boot) I do with the NAS anyways.

The specs are very interesting on noise perspective. It seems the 10TB WD Red drives have the same noise output in 5400rpm guise than 7200rpm guise (pro). This seems a bit odd? I'm also curious as to why smaller drives are heavier (pro again) and louder - anyonne got a clue? I theorised more platters == louder?
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The big pro drives are sealed units filled with helium, so less friction = less noise.
 
WD also have their new drives (not sure when out) that will use Microwaves not Heat Assistance like originally intended years ago to further get the density up.


EDIT: "So how "ready for prime time" is it? Western Digital says MAMR-based drives for data centers will appear in the market starting in 2019, and it will produce 40TB 3.5-inch disks by 2025"


https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/13/western-digital-mamr-microwave-hard-drives-40tb/
 
w1ze1 said:
WD also have their new drives (not sure when out) that will use Microwaves not Heat Assistance like originally intended years ago to further get the density up.


EDIT: "So how "ready for prime time" is it? Western Digital says MAMR-based drives for data centers will appear in the market starting in 2019, and it will produce 40TB 3.5-inch disks by 2025"


https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/13/western-digital-mamr-microwave-hard-drives-40tb/
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40TB wowzers!

That's a lot of porn storage. :p
 
I think the microwave is used to micro-heat the drive ISTBC?
Why are you fixated on hdparm? On my NAS the drives spin down when idle , easily set in the DSM (synology)
I would go for 5yr wty if price is broadly similar . the idle/use decibels would probably be higher on the "enterprise" drives compared to the "soho" drives.
I have wd red 6tb seem pretty quiet, fan noise is louder.
 
Just to jump on this thread to save myself some time...

Are 5400rpm drives good enough for local storage of 1080p/4K MKV's to be streamed to TV via Plex media server (via ethernet link) aswell as other rooms in the house (via wifi)?
I'll be needing an 8/10Tb drive soon to store my MKV's on so need the best bang for buck.
No NAS, just my regular PC with a large drive.
 
Just to weigh in on this, I am not sure what is going on with WD recently but I have just bought 4 4tb reds all of which have failed within three months, the worst being a doa RMA replacement and the last drive bought in August failed yesterday. It’s very odd as my other 2 arrays bought are couple of years ago are all working fine still. Basically what I am saying is look at the storage failure guide from backblaze as I am really considering going back to seagate.

I have also had 50% of our hgst drives fail but I think that was due to them being powered down for an extended period of time
 
I've looked at this recently - and ended up with some 10TB red pros. 8 is more cost effective. I actually wanted HGST drives but couldn't find the version I wanted. Why pro? All of my other NAS drives are 5.4K, as I don't need the r/w speed and prefer lower temps and noise - but look into the error rates. The pro's are an order of magnitude better and from memory have a longer warranty.
 
photoshop said:
Just to jump on this thread to save myself some time...

Are 5400rpm drives good enough for local storage of 1080p/4K MKV's to be streamed to TV via Plex media server (via ethernet link) aswell as other rooms in the house (via wifi)?
I'll be needing an 8/10Tb drive soon to store my MKV's on so need the best bang for buck.
No NAS, just my regular PC with a large drive.
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I have 4 x 4TB WD Reds plenty fast for Bluray 1:1 rips
 
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