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Which drives to buy?
Hi, I've just bought a readynas 4000 ultra ( NO PLUS) and I have difficulties to select which drives I should buy. I don't want to spend more then 100 -120$ per disk. When checking the HCL, I noti...
I just noticed that the Hitachi HDS723020ALA642 (P/N 0F12115) is now on the list. If you are in the U.S., Newegg has them for $120 with free shipping. However, you might want to consider the Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 (P/N 0S03230) which are 3TB and Newegg currently has them for $130 with free shipping. I have four of these in service and have had no problems with them in the over two months they have been in service. Now these are "Green Drives" as they are only 5400 RPM. However, they may be a tad slower than the 7200 RPM drives, but in the vast amount of operations you won't notice a difference. I have two each in an NVX with two Seagate ST31000528AS 1TB drives that are over a year old and are 7200 RPM drives and have not had any issues with synchronization of the drives with two different speeds.
An extra 1TB for only $10 is a fairly good bargain. You could install 3 in the Ultra 4 and have a larger volume than with 4 of the 2TB drives. (I would buy 4 to have a spare on hand, which is always nice, even if you don't use it for a long time).
Both the Hitachi and Samsung drives have good reputations. I have hear very few problems with any of the above Hitachi drives or the Samsung HD204UI other than the fact that it is not on all the HCLs. For example while it is on the list for your Ultra 4, it is not on the list for the Ultra 4 Plus nor the Pro 4, and not for my older NVX either.
When looking up Hitachi, they are sometimes listed by the online retailers by the P/N rather than the Drive Model. For example my HDS5C3030ALA630 drives are available as either bare OEM drives (but are in shock mounts in a small brown box) as P/N 0S03230 or as Retail packaging with white box with pictures and selling points, and a booklet inside the box as well as the shock mounted drive. (It may or may not have an SATA cable) This package is listed as P/N 0S3228 and costs $15 more ($145) but is the same drive. (Newegg has posted photos of the drive labels).
Hitachi's OEM drive packaging is the best I have seen. It is a plain brown box with molded styrene drive supports that keep the drive from hitting the sides or ends of the box in transit. Most OEM drives are just the bare drive itself leaving it up to the vendor to protect the drive in transit. Newegg used to do a very good job wrapping each drive in bubble wrap, but now the just wrap them in crumpled paper inside a small box which is then placed inside a larger box with more crumpled paper.
I have never heard of the Samsung Eco Green drives automatically failing after 6 months. I have a 2 year old HD203WI, but it has not been in constant service, serving as a backup drive. But keep in mind that any hard drive can fail at any time. This is why RAID is used. I have lost drives at 30 days several times, and have recently lost several drives at slightly over one year. Many of these can be attributed to rough handling, especially if you buy a block of drives and they start giving problems at the same point. I simply don't accept that any drive manufacturer would survive if their drives were known to all fail at a certain life. I have one Seagate drive that is now over 10 years old (8GB) and still runs. (Not in RAID service).
An extra 1TB for only $10 is a fairly good bargain. You could install 3 in the Ultra 4 and have a larger volume than with 4 of the 2TB drives. (I would buy 4 to have a spare on hand, which is always nice, even if you don't use it for a long time).
Both the Hitachi and Samsung drives have good reputations. I have hear very few problems with any of the above Hitachi drives or the Samsung HD204UI other than the fact that it is not on all the HCLs. For example while it is on the list for your Ultra 4, it is not on the list for the Ultra 4 Plus nor the Pro 4, and not for my older NVX either.
When looking up Hitachi, they are sometimes listed by the online retailers by the P/N rather than the Drive Model. For example my HDS5C3030ALA630 drives are available as either bare OEM drives (but are in shock mounts in a small brown box) as P/N 0S03230 or as Retail packaging with white box with pictures and selling points, and a booklet inside the box as well as the shock mounted drive. (It may or may not have an SATA cable) This package is listed as P/N 0S3228 and costs $15 more ($145) but is the same drive. (Newegg has posted photos of the drive labels).
Hitachi's OEM drive packaging is the best I have seen. It is a plain brown box with molded styrene drive supports that keep the drive from hitting the sides or ends of the box in transit. Most OEM drives are just the bare drive itself leaving it up to the vendor to protect the drive in transit. Newegg used to do a very good job wrapping each drive in bubble wrap, but now the just wrap them in crumpled paper inside a small box which is then placed inside a larger box with more crumpled paper.
I have never heard of the Samsung Eco Green drives automatically failing after 6 months. I have a 2 year old HD203WI, but it has not been in constant service, serving as a backup drive. But keep in mind that any hard drive can fail at any time. This is why RAID is used. I have lost drives at 30 days several times, and have recently lost several drives at slightly over one year. Many of these can be attributed to rough handling, especially if you buy a block of drives and they start giving problems at the same point. I simply don't accept that any drive manufacturer would survive if their drives were known to all fail at a certain life. I have one Seagate drive that is now over 10 years old (8GB) and still runs. (Not in RAID service).
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