<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>How about the WD "Red" drives? They're marketed as small-NAS drives, suitable for 24x7 operation. 3 TB WD Red drives are available at Memory Express for $170 each.<div><br></div>
<div style>Or would it be better to get four 1.5 TB drives in RAID 10?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Adam Thompson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:athompso@athompso.net" target="_blank">athompso@athompso.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-CA" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="13c36cec9d30876c__MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Seagate has had a bad few years in terms of both reliability and compatibility, but MAY be on the upswing again.<u></u><u></u></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">WD has been plugging along at about 10%-20% higher prices than Seagate, but without the major problems.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">HGST has an on-again/off-again relationship with quality… but their enterprise drives seem solid.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Above all, make sure you carefully check out the MTBF and POH specs for any drive you’re considering – many new drives aren’t rated to *<b>SPIN</b>* 24x7 anymore.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Lastly, I now suggest buying retail from a local provider to whom you can (relatively) easily return them. The age of the reliable HDD seems to be over.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">-Adam<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca" target="_blank">roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca" target="_blank">roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin McGregor<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 13, 2013 8:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> Continuation of Round Table discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> [RndTbl] Hard drives<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div class="im"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal">I need to replace my (degraded mode :-( ) 2 TB RAID 5 array ASAP. I'd like ~3 TB of usable space and RAID 1 is preferred over RAID 5/6. Would anyone like to suggest replacement drives?<u></u><u></u></p>
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