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Samsung ST2000DL004 (aka HD204UIs)
When I built my RNPP I had to go for the terrible Seagate 1.5TB drives that as predicted have slow but surely been creeping into the near death cycle due to mounting errors. Since the Samsung HD204UIs...
I was very interested in the new WD Reds as soon as they came out, but held off due to them being 'new' and rather untested among the masses. But I saw a pretty good price on Amazon yesterday (130$ per drive) and bought a half dozen (plus 1 spare) set of WD20EFRXs.
Even with 1.5TB drives in the RNPP, I'm only at 56% usage with 1 hot spare in XRAID2. I'm going to re-balance the data across both my RNPP & NV+ and hence won't need 3TB drives in my RNPP for a good long time, plus they just weren't cost effective to buy. Will be reporting on performance of the drives once they arrive and I get a chance to swap out all the data/drives in my RNPP.
Disappointing about Samsung, wondering if WD is doing the same with Hitachi since Toshiba now owns all of Hitachis 3.5" plants and will be releasing their own line of HDDs soon.
Even with 1.5TB drives in the RNPP, I'm only at 56% usage with 1 hot spare in XRAID2. I'm going to re-balance the data across both my RNPP & NV+ and hence won't need 3TB drives in my RNPP for a good long time, plus they just weren't cost effective to buy. Will be reporting on performance of the drives once they arrive and I get a chance to swap out all the data/drives in my RNPP.
Disappointing about Samsung, wondering if WD is doing the same with Hitachi since Toshiba now owns all of Hitachis 3.5" plants and will be releasing their own line of HDDs soon.
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