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NAS drives vs?

thestrangebrew1

thestrangebrew1

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Been browsing HDs looking to expand my server a bit and I'm coming across some that are labeled NAS hard draives, mostly from WD. Any difference between a "NAS" HD vs say a Seagate Barricuda 3tb hd? Is this some sort of marketing gimmick?
 
WD artificially restricts the TLER settings from changing, on some of its drives, forcing you to get Red or RE drives for hardware-RAID setups. You can either go software RAID to get around this, or buy their Red/RE drives. Or buy Toshiba/Hitachi/Seagate drives, most/all of which do not have such artificial restrictions.
 
If you are going to be using the NAS heavily, I'd steer towards a NAS labeled drive.

If you are causally using it for file storage, then just get a cheap drive with a decent warranty. (though the WD RED drives have the longest warranty of WD's offerings)
 
Yea I've been looking to consolidate. I currently just have 2x1tb drives and 1x2tb drive in my server. I don't use it heavily, mainly it's just to store important files and media files that are accessed by a bunch of other devices in the home. Thinking about maybe getting a few 3tb drives instead if the prices come down a bit more.
 
Just cruising through CostCo yesterday and noticed they had Seagate 4TB externals for about $180. Crack 'em open and you should see some nice results.
 
From what I have heard, HDDs are "binned" like any other electronic part, and the lesser drives go into external HDDs, so be careful about cracking open those and using them as 24/7 NAS drives.
 
blastingcap said:
From what I have heard, HDDs are "binned" like any other electronic part, and the lesser drives go into external HDDs, so be careful about cracking open those and using them as 24/7 NAS drives.
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Dude, you are everywhere in this forum.

Glad you've got my back. I'll have to look into that.
 
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