WD RED

rich.searle91

rich.searle91

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I've read online from several reviews WD RED are useful for multi drive NAS's and then some say the extra is not worth it. My situation is that it will only be me maybe one or two others max connecting to the NAS as it will only contain my DVD rip collection and vast music collection.

So would it worth it to get the WD RED or not? (i will be getting 4 :) )

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-398-WD&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=1954 (WD RED 3TB)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-256-SE&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=1954 (Seagate 3TB)

the other drive im considering is from a well known rainforest as they are cheaper by £13 (per drive) but then i shall receive tax back which ocuk don’t provide to bfpo atm :(

Any help greatly appreciated

(the nas is a TS-412)
 
Unless I'm misreading it, the seagate is a 7200rpm and the wd is a 5900rpm so the seagate should be faster but the wd should use less energy.

My home server's RAID5 array had 4x WD enterprise RAID disks in it but two have failed over the years and they've been replaced with cheaper non enterprise disks. The last disk was replaced about 18 months ago and its been fine since. The 2 remaining enterprise disks are pushing 4 years old now. Based on my experience, enterprise and non enterprise disks are just as good at failing.
 
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cheers i know wot ure saying had 6 disks over years from ocuk and 2 have died (most recent ones) but apart from that never had much problems, energy isnt a problem for me, i get free electric :) looks like seagate.

If only ocuk refunded tax :(
 
Any reason why you aren't considering the WD green drives? The 3TB ones can be had for £95 and offer a 2 year warranty over the 1 year of the seagate.
 
there is a firmware issue reported with the TS-412 with WD green. However the firmware can only be applied if you dont raid the drives and i plan on raid 5 for the system.

This is what i got off the offical website about firmware and various reviews online for the nas and compatability
 
As far as I'm concerned:

- If you can afford them, why wouldn't you buy the most appropriate drive for your situation? i.e. the Red.
- The additional cost is spread over 3 - 5 years (the life of the drive), so how much is it really per year?
- The Reds have a longer warranty than some of the other drives.
 
Reds spinning happily in my micro server, as above, why not take the hit on the best drives for the job, once the drive is spun up they are fine, even spinning up only takes a matter of seconds
 
i have indeed gone with the red after long thought pretty much based on the same things you have brought up but have dropped the size down to 2TB after revising how much space i need.

thank you all
 
Good choice with the Red's :)

I am running 4 x 3TB Red's in a Raid-5 on a LSI 9260-8i RAID controller and getting well over 300 MBps read/write (screenshot below) I believe they have variable speed spindles so they can spin between 5900-7200rpm depending on whether its reading from the inside or outside of the platter which is why they are good on power but still very fast drives, they also have extra commands for RAID use and have a longer warranty. :)

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coolamasta said:
I am running 4 x 3TB Red's in a Raid-5 on a LSI 9260-8i RAID controller and getting well over 300 MBps read/write (screenshot below)
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That looks really good! Does the RAID controller have a battery-backed write cache?
 
It didn't have a BBU when I done that speed test BUT I did have 'write back' turned on which you really should have a BBU fitted before you do so but as I was testing on a pretty much empty array I took the risk :)

I have a BBU now though so I can run 'write back' all the time :D
 
coolamasta said:
It didn't have a BBU when I done that speed test BUT I did have 'write back' turned on which you really should have a BBU fitted before you do so but as I was testing on a pretty much empty array I took the risk :)

I have a BBU now though so I can run 'write back' all the time :D
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Ah, makes sense!
 
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