Hi everyone, I am currently looking for a new hard drive to add to my media server and want to buy a 20TB drive. Now the question is what manufacturers would you recommend or avoid?
As far as I can see it’s either Toshiba, Seagate or WD.
I’m personally avoiding WD due to their various issues. First there was the whole SMR thing where they were selling SMR drives as “NAS drives”, even though they’re not appropriate for use in a NAS, without telling anyone. More recently they were flagging drives with a warning just because they had been in use for three years: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759368/western-digital-three-years-warning-synology-nas
They make good drives and used to be the best, but as a company they’re kinda sketchy and I’d rather not give them my money. I’d rather trust the Seagate Exos or Ironwolf Pro drives since they haven’t tried doing anything sketchy like WD have.
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I purchase some Seagate HDD, but was left with the feeling that I regretted buying them. as they are quite noisy.
I would go for WD red, when I get new HDD.
I’m personally avoiding WD due to their various issues. First there was the whole SMR thing where they were selling SMR drives as “NAS drives”, even though they’re not appropriate for use in a NAS, without telling anyone. More recently they were flagging drives with a warning just because they had been in use for three years: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759368/western-digital-three-years-warning-synology-nas
They make good drives and used to be the best, but as a company they’re kinda sketchy and I’d rather not give them my money. I’d rather trust the Seagate Exos or Ironwolf Pro drives since they haven’t tried doing anything sketchy like WD have.
They are sitting in the basement, noise is not a concern. Why WD red?
Then i would go for Seagate Exos X20 https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/seagate-ironwolf-pro-20tb/2
If noise was a concern, they are noticeable quieter. WD Red Pro 22TB Hard Drive, NASCompares
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