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Buying 4TB HDDS for Nas

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note235

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Going to stock up on 4TB drives for a 5 Bay nas.
Do you guys recommend the 4TB from HGHST/WD Red or Seagate?
 
Auric said:
HGST... and they are different from WD.

See this analysis and note the 4TB HGST is a desktop model rather than what should be even more reliable NAS (i.e. with vibration sensor).

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/what-hard-drive-should-i-buy/
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I had never hesitated to violate the categorical usage distinction you're describing. I never bought "Enterprise" or drives with TLER for any of the RAIDs I ever used. The only RAID failure I ever had -- wasn't mine -- it was my sister-in-law, and I still suspect she started poking around in the controller BIOS and destroyed the array -- or damaged it.

So the first NAS drives I've ever used are the 2TB Seagate NAS units I bought early this year. And I don't rightly remember if they had "vibration sensors."
 
The seagate STBD* series seem to be equivalent to the WD red pro line.
Personally i'd look at them, both are NAS oriented 7200rpm 1TB/platter options.
 
BonzaiDuck said:
I had never hesitated to violate the categorical usage distinction you're describing. I never bought "Enterprise" or drives with TLER for any of the RAIDs I ever used. The only RAID failure I ever had -- wasn't mine -- it was my sister-in-law, and I still suspect she started poking around in the controller BIOS and destroyed the array -- or damaged it.

So the first NAS drives I've ever used are the 2TB Seagate NAS units I bought early this year. And I don't rightly remember if they had "vibration sensors."
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They should have the gforce sensors, atleast the standard DM* desktop drives have them.
If I bump my case/desk they quickly retract the heads and make what sounds like a beep sound.
 
Common shock sensors are different than those for rotational vibration (or even linear).

HGST Deskstar include both 5400 and 7200 RPM ; MegaScale 5700 with RVS ; Deskstar NAS 7200 with RVS ; Ultrastar 7200 with RVS. So, NAS has most in common with enterprise but reduced warranty and presumably different firmware.

Whereas WD Red NAS 5400 is equivalent to Green 5400 with different firmware and lots of marketing. NAS Red Pro 7200 with RVS is more like enterprise.

Seagate Desktop is 5900 ; NAS 7200 ; Terascale 5900 with RVS ; Constellation 7200 with RVS.

So, for NAS-specific HGST is the best combination of cost, features, and reliability. Otherwise, the 5400 CoolSpin is well proven but as noted by Backblaze is becoming harder to find (without a prohibitively high mark-up).
 
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I have a couple HGST 5400 Coolspins, they are nice drives. I've got a couple WD Reds in a Synology NAS, they work fine as well.
 
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