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Hey guys, so I’m in the final stages of piecing together my Unraid build and I need to buy some storage drives.
The cost of external vs internal storage is around 50% less at the cheapest.
I’m looking at the WD 12TB Elements external, one of the many HGST 12TB variants or a Seagate EXOS.
I would like to start off with two drives. One as storage and another for parity. I can always add more later as I need the extra storage.
Would you guys:
Buy two cheaper external elements drives and shuck them.
Or
Buy one elements external and another retail/OEM with longer warranty.
Or
Forget the elements drives altogether and buy two retail/OEM drives with a 5 year warranty.
For the cost of two retail/OEM drives I could buy 3 WD Elements externals.
Any thoughts?
The cost of external vs internal storage is around 50% less at the cheapest.
I’m looking at the WD 12TB Elements external, one of the many HGST 12TB variants or a Seagate EXOS.
I would like to start off with two drives. One as storage and another for parity. I can always add more later as I need the extra storage.
Would you guys:
Buy two cheaper external elements drives and shuck them.
Or
Buy one elements external and another retail/OEM with longer warranty.
Or
Forget the elements drives altogether and buy two retail/OEM drives with a 5 year warranty.
For the cost of two retail/OEM drives I could buy 3 WD Elements externals.
Any thoughts?