Difference between red blue gold enterprise nas etc...?

[djxput]

Will wait for the joke...
But seriously are they just namesakes or?

I want a storage drive for various files - 5400 is fine. Quiet is important. Large size too.

At least 8tb...

 

[djxput]

Thanks for the detailed response, so red pro or red standard or gold preferred?

What do you think about the seagate barracuda drive 8tb 5400rpm?

Ive mainly used seagates recently but one of mine fried - I think I shorted it out so maybe not the drives fault but will lose a lot of data.