[Cialug] 4TB NAS Drives?

[Tim Champion]

I have 7 Synology NAS's in an office environment with WD Red 4TB WD40EFRX
that I purchased in late 2015. That's 14 drives. Not one of them has failed
in almost 2 years.




Tim Champion
timchampion at gmail.com

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 3:53 PM, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 7:46 AM, Paul Gray <gray at cs.uni.edu> wrote:
>
> > On 06/20/2017 17:27, Dave Weis wrote:
> >
> >> What's the current thought on specific models for a 4TB SATA drive to
> put
> >> in a 4 disk synology? I don't need crazy speed and won't be running vm's
> >> against them.
> >>
> >
> > Today, with code 5508762, you can get the Toshiba 4TB 7200RPM NAS drive
> > for $119 ($20 off), limit 1.
> >
> > http://www.frys.com/product/9204489?site=80premail062117
> >
> > I don't own this drive, just saw it as a synchronicity that the topic was
> > brought up yesterday, and this dropped in my inbox today.
>
>
> Nice! While I've been satisfied with the WD Reds, the fact that they are
> only 5400RPM is kinda annoying. Plus even though I bought my drives far
> enough apart that none of them should be from the same batch it would
> probably be a good idea to mix up manufacturers a bit (I have a few Seagate
> 3TB drives in my NAS as well).
>
> Plus Fry's has a free shipping option if you're not in a hurry (10 days or
> so) and they're not charging Iowa sales tax (yet).
>
> --
> Jeff Ollie
> The majestik møøse is one of the mäni interesting furry animals in Sweden.
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