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Should i buy WD Red for my NAS or normal drives ?
I own two ReadyNas 4 Pro and i'm about to upgrade my drives to 4tb. Now i need to decide if i take WD Red drives or just go with the Seagate 4TB which is almost $50 cheaper. Is there any reason why...
WD green drives aren't recommended. If you must spin down the drives use the disk spin-down feature in Frontview or the power off/on schedule or power off the NAS manually when you stop using it. The NAS needs to control disks spinning down. If you use Green disks when they go to sleep the NAS will try to wake it up because it is not responding. Excessive spinning up and down of drives shortens its life. In some cases it still may not fail for a long time though. Go with SeaGate NAS disks or WD RED disks.
5TB drives are on the way. They have started to appear in externals and it's only a matter of time before they are available as internal hard drives. However don't expect them to be cheap on launch. You would likely find 3TB or 4TB drives much more affordable.
5TB drives are on the way. They have started to appear in externals and it's only a matter of time before they are available as internal hard drives. However don't expect them to be cheap on launch. You would likely find 3TB or 4TB drives much more affordable.
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