[PLUG] NAS failed

[Jason Barnett]

You might want to check out THIS
<https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/wiki/hardware#wiki_hard_drives> list
of HDDs from the Datahorders subreddit wiki
<https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/wiki/index>.


On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 9:31 AM Ben Koenig <techkoenig at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On 1/7/21 9:07 AM, TomasK wrote:
> > On Wed, 2021-01-06 at 23:23 -0800, Ben Koenig wrote:
> >> On 1/6/21 8:06 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 12:39:07 -0800
> >>> John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> dijo:
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks for the opinion on Synology, echoing what Ron said. I
> >>>> think I'll
> >>>> continue using it, and just replace the disks.
> >>> I'm fixin' to buy a couple of 16TB WD Gold drives, that is, if I
> >>> can
> >>> find anyone who has them in stock.
> >>>
> >>> And that is, unless I hear from someone here that the WD 16TB Gold
> >>> is a
> >>> bad idea.
> >>
> >> Last I heard WD Gold was discontinued which would explain why they
> >> appear to be out of stock. For a small NAS you probably want to look
> >> at
> >> WD Red or Seagate Ironwolf. Both have decent longevity but since you
> >> are
> >> running RAID0 you are rolling the dice regardless of what you buy.
> >>
> >>
> >> As for RAID0, I want to re-iterate what Tomas pointed out. RAID0
> >> does
> >> not offer you any benefit and will result in losing 100% of your
> >> data
> >> when a single disk fails. JBOD or SPAN will function exactly the
> >> same
> >> without putting your data at risk.
> >>
> >>
> >> My recommendation is that you go with NAS branded disks running at
> >> 5400RPM. When you install them Synology should provide a JBOD or
> >> SPAN
> >> option that will work just as before without scaring the living snot
> >> out
> >> of everyone on this list.
> >>
> >> -Ben
> >>
> >>
> > I would recommend against getting WD Red NAS drives - they are shingled
> > (SMR) drives. Seagate Ironwolf are normal NAS drives.
>
>
> WD has 2 lines, Red and Red Pro. WD Red Pro drives are CMR.
>
> http://products.wdc.com/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2579-810239.pdf
>
>
> I also think people overestimate the problems with SMR but since it was
> an intermediate step in HDD development I don't really care if you buy
> it or don't. It would just be nice if people would relax with the
> misinformation because it only takes about 30 seconds on duckduckgo.com
> to realize that Western Digital actually does provide CMR NAS drives....
>
>
> #EveryoneIsAnExpert
>
> -Ben
>
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