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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...
Seagate have announced an April release for 6tb drives and wd have one available already (just not for us consumers).
Even if 5 or 6 tb drives are released soon, it will be months before you get a true idea of their reliability and see the little problems you don't want to discover after you've bought them.
Classic example is with the wd 4tb red drives, despite an excellent reputation of the 3tb version, early adopters of the 4tb red were annoyed to discover that the drives had the load cycle count issue.
Unless you can wait until end of this year I'd get some 4 tb NAS drives, seagate' NAS drive is good for me ( I returned the wd reds)
Even if 5 or 6 tb drives are released soon, it will be months before you get a true idea of their reliability and see the little problems you don't want to discover after you've bought them.
Classic example is with the wd 4tb red drives, despite an excellent reputation of the 3tb version, early adopters of the 4tb red were annoyed to discover that the drives had the load cycle count issue.
Unless you can wait until end of this year I'd get some 4 tb NAS drives, seagate' NAS drive is good for me ( I returned the wd reds)
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