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Migration question 316 and 516
I have a 516 up and running at the moment, and it's been running for over a year. It's set up as RAID6 with 3TB drives. I recently bought a 316 to back up the 516, and I also bought more drives. My t...
might as well use the new drives in 316 as backup nas
no prob using 516 and older drives as working nas
backup suppose to be safe and secure otherwise u might as well not have backup at all
I guess the only other thing is that I bought Seagate 3TB NAS drives this time around. I currently have WD RED's in the 516. I was under the impression they would be slightly faster than the RED's. Of course, it wouldn't be much, but I don't think it'd be bad to take advantage of it.
seagete write speed is faster
red read speed is comparable with the seagate
You can see A-B test results here for the 4 TB models: http://www.storagereview.com/wd_red_4tb_hdd_review_wd40efrx. The WDC was faster,
3 TB could well be reversed (e.g. seagate could be faster) - but I'm not seeing a direct comparison. There is an A-B test of a 3 TB WDC vs a 4 TB Seagate, but in my opinion that is not apples to apples.
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