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NAS Not all drives are equal - choosing the right drive for you
One of the most important decisions you will make when purchasing a NAS is the decision as to which drives to purchase to put in it. Indeed depending on which NAS model and which drives you buy you c...
StephenB wrote:
cpu8088 wrote: u may notice that backblaze used a lot of desktop and low end drives. also those drives were operating at around 35 degree c in an air conditioned room
in real world hd housed in a nas may operate around 40 degree c or higher.
so their reviews cannot be taken as the norm.
I agree their environment might make comparisons with ReadyNAS misleading. For instance, they are running 45 drives in each of their storage pods - a very different setup than a home NAS.
Logic?
Backblaze has got quantitative data. If a drive survives there, it will most likely survive in any home nas setup.
And btw, if your nas drives reaches 40 C and above, get a better fan pronto.
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