NAS Hard Drive for Synology 107+

Exibit · 29 Jun 2007 at 14:54

Hi Guys

I am looking for a drive for my new Synology NAS 107+

Now I am looking at a 500GB drive but not sure which one I should buy

Should I buy one of the following

Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB ST3500630AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

Seeing as this unit will be turned on all the time should I go for the
The Seagate® Barracuda® ES enterprise hard drive -750 Gb Seagate ST3750640NS ES

Now I know this is a more expensive drive but would this make more sense

Thanks again guys for your help

Exibit · 1 Jul 2007 at 10:01

Come on guys money is buring a hole in my pocket

fobose · 1 Jul 2007 at 10:37

What do you want from the drive? If you want quiet get the Samsung, if you want good reliability go for the seagate (its also quite fast too), if you want FAST speeds go for the western digital AAKS drives.

On the size matter, its over double the price for a 750gb seagate than the 500gb - use your head.

squiffy · 1 Jul 2007 at 10:53

HD speed in a NAS isn't really a concern, your 100mps LAN is the bottleneck. I would go for 500GB, better value for money.

fobose · 1 Jul 2007 at 11:05

True, I never thought about that. Seagate it is then

jammir · 1 Jul 2007 at 17:29

the HD501LJ run very hot aswell and its really good if you got a lot of hdd packed together seagate 7200.10 run much cooller