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For future reference which WD drives are actually suitable for NAS? I remember someone saying you need to look for a specific more expensive type.
by MortyWaves 1y ago
For future reference which WD drives are actually suitable for NAS? I remember someone saying you need to look for a specific more expensive type.
- m000 1y agoWD Red Plus -> CMR technnology, suitable for NAS WD Red -> SMR technology, slightly cheaper, not suitable for NAS
- kstrauser 1y ago…but still marketed for NAS users, alas.
- m000 1y agoI should have been more specific: not suitable for RAID NAS RAID and NAS used to go together when drive capacities were lower. E.g. I had a 9TB NAS with RAID5 at times when 8TB drives were >$500 a pop. These days, NAS does not necessarily imply having a RAID setup. I see a new "build your SFF/RPi NAS" article every week, and it rarely involves RAID. This is because a NAS setup with a single high-capacity drive and an online backup subscription (e.g. Backblaze) is more cost-effective and perfectly adequate for a lot of users, who have no interest in playing the sysadmin. In such a setup, you just need a drive that can withstand continuous operation, and SMR should work fine.
- kstrauser 1y agoThat's an interesting point I hadn't considered. To me, NAS implies RAID. You might be right that this is no longer true.
- kstrauser 1y agoFrankly, I haven’t bought a single WD since. I no longer trust them as a brand, and trust is critical for this class of things.