Larger hard drive suggestion?

[DrPop]

I'm getting a little leary of the 1.5TB WD HDD that has all Kim's photos going out one of these days. I have an external drive backup right now, but thinking about going to a more elegant solution of two HDDS in RAID. The system files will remain on the 128GB SSD as that seems to be plenty for what we do.

Any suggestions on 3 or 4TB size drives to look at? I'll get 7200rpm drives at least, but they have all kinds of marketing crap and stuff now that I don’t really know whose are the best. These will mostly store photos and such...

[John P. Myers]

WD Black is still the best imo

[John P. Myers]

But it might be a better solution to get 2 drives of the same size and put them in RAID 1, which basically uses the 2nd HDD as a backup by mirroring everything on the first HDD onto it.

[John P. Myers]

Optionally instead of RAID, there's Acronis True Image WD Edition (http://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?p=119). It's free

[FourOh]

I have two WD Black 3T for my primary storage, but instead of using RAID 1 I'm using the mirroring setup from Windows Disk Management. I remember doing the research, there are pros and cons to both, it's up to you how you want to set it up!

[c303a]

I am a big fan of WD Black. The warranty is great and I have only had 1 failure which was replaced by WD. Acronis is very easy to use but try thr Macrium Reflex free. I like it better then Acronis, httpCs://www.macrium.com/reflectfree
(https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree)Click on home use and download.

[dcushing]

Im a fan of SSD. Still have one from 2008. But for big storage, the cost is astronamical.

233 gig, 49 bucks here.... plenty of room for a cruncher

[DrPop]

Thanks for the suggestions, guys! I'll keep my eye out for the right sale in the next couple weeks here. :)

[John P. Myers]

Newegg has a 4TB WD Black on sale today and tomorrow only: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=22-235-128&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=GD051517&cm_mmc=EMC-GD051517-_-landing-_-Item-_-22-235-128

After you enter the promo code the price drops to $189.99 + free shipping, which is $10 cheaper than i could find anywhere on Amazon. Not sure if you're looking for a HDD this large though.

The WD Blues are much cheaper, but are only 5400 RPM and you said you wanted 7200. Also the WD Blacks have 5 year warranties while most any other HDD is only 2 or 3 years.

[DrPop]

Thanks for the heads up! Yeah, I definitely want to stay with the 7200 rpm drives, thanks. Been so long since I bought anything but small SSDs... :)

[cineon_lut]

Thanks for the heads up! Yeah, I definitely want to stay with the 7200 rpm drives, thanks. Been so long since I bought anything but small SSDs... :)

I know these are only 2TB, but they're enterprise class, and have served me well.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hitachi-HDS722020ALA330-2TB-7200RPM-SATA2-3-5-Desktop-Hard-Drive-FREE-SHIPPING/151243930815?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

[DrPop]

I know these are only 2TB, but they're enterprise class, and have served me well.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hitachi-HDS722020ALA330-2TB-7200RPM-SATA2-3-5-Desktop-Hard-Drive-FREE-SHIPPING/151243930815?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

Wow! The price difference is sure enough to make me think about it. ;)

[c303a]

They look great and the price is right but they only have a 1 year warranty.

[John P. Myers]

They look great and the price is right but they only have a 1 year warranty.

And there's this: http://hdd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Hitachi-HDS722020ALA330-2TB-vs-WD-Black-4TB-2016/m1289vs3908

For it's intended use, none of that may matter though

[KaptainBlaZzed]

I like Toshiba Enterprise class HD's for storage.
I have 8 x 6TB in a RAID 6 Array

5 year warranty
128mb cache
ECC
512e
1,400,000 MTBF
http://www.wiredzone.com/components-hard-drives-enterprise#/specFilters=242236m!#-!242270&manFilters=231&pageSize=30&orderBy=10&pageNumber=1