I’ve been buying seagate ironwolf only drives for my NAS but I’ve been wondering if it’s really worth it given that it’s a small server sitting in a corner and these drives are getting more and more expensive. What are your thoughts? Do you only go with NAS drives or anything really does the trick assuming I have a good backup strategy?

  • technicalskeptic@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have been updating the vdevs in my pool snice the average age of the old 4tb drives is over 60,000 hours. With the typical old drive being something that I shucked or bought anywhere I could find a 4tb. Performance has always been great. The only reason I am replacing is due to age.

    So far after replacing one of those vdevs with 12tb WD Reds, I noticed a major temp spike of a couple of degrees C. As a result I turned up the cooling to address it.