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Which drives to get for new ReadyNas?
So I need a new NAS. This is going to be expensive... TL:DR at bottom of post A bit of background info first. I have an NVX Business edition that I've had for a little over 2 years. I got it wit...
The reason for the term "desktop RAID" is from the marketing blurb for the Deskstar and the Barracuda XT. Essentially those drives are rated and approved by the manufacturer for "desktop RAID" scenarios, which means RAID 0 or 1. Using those drives for RAID 5 would be outside the "approved use" limitations, which seems to mean that they will refuse to fix or replace them if the drives were used in RAID 5 or anything similar. The Ultrastar on the other hand is rated for "Enterprise RAID" use, which does include RAID 5.
At least, that's what I've understood from reading up on the marketing material.
As to getting 3TB drives for the NVX and having two NV+ with 1.5TB drives as backup for the NVX, that could work. Problem there is that I would then need to buy 3TB drives, which cost more per GB. Not to mention I would also need another set of 1.5TB drives. And a replacement NVX. I can certainly afford it, but it's getting close to my limits of reasonable spending.
I guess I should have clarified my first post a bit. I know that all the drives on the HCL will work with the NV+. I just don't know how reliable they are. According to the manufacturers, the cheap low power drives are not reliable, which has me worried. I have not had any problems with this yet, but still. At the end of the day I just want a set of drives that I can trust that will not break simply from being in a RAID 5 for more than a few weeks, or drop from the RAID from an unexpected delay in processing some random task. Does that make sense?
At least, that's what I've understood from reading up on the marketing material.
As to getting 3TB drives for the NVX and having two NV+ with 1.5TB drives as backup for the NVX, that could work. Problem there is that I would then need to buy 3TB drives, which cost more per GB. Not to mention I would also need another set of 1.5TB drives. And a replacement NVX. I can certainly afford it, but it's getting close to my limits of reasonable spending.
I guess I should have clarified my first post a bit. I know that all the drives on the HCL will work with the NV+. I just don't know how reliable they are. According to the manufacturers, the cheap low power drives are not reliable, which has me worried. I have not had any problems with this yet, but still. At the end of the day I just want a set of drives that I can trust that will not break simply from being in a RAID 5 for more than a few weeks, or drop from the RAID from an unexpected delay in processing some random task. Does that make sense?
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