I have a home server running WHS 2011 it is not in a raid setup nor do i want it to be i keep offline backups
I need to buy one maybe two more drives I usually would buy the WD Green 2TB drives but with all the head parking reduced lifetime stuff being discussed all over the place i am thinking of looking at different alternatives
the machine runs 24/7 although a fair amount of time the drives sit idle especially the ones with older content i mostly access the TV Shows and Latest Movies drives daily when streaming to my Media Players or when downloading with Usenet
i have them set in WHS 2011 to spin down after 90 minutes of inactivity i feel this is a good time as it is not too short to be constantly spinning up and down and also not too long as to eat into power consumption
i have mostly bought 2tb drives as they were the only affordable ones when i last purchased now with 3tb drives coming down in price i was thinking of going with one of them to space out the time between having to purchase more
so i was looking at the following
WD 3.5" Green 3TB WD30EZRX SATA3 64M HDD = $132
Seagate 3.5" Barracuda 3TB ST3000DM001 SATA3 7200rpm = $139
Hitachi 3.5" Deskstar 0S03089 3TB SATA III HDD 7200RPM = $145
WD 3.5" Red NAS 3TB WD30EFRX 64M SATA3 HDD = $156
the prices do matter but not as much as getting a reliable drive also what i found weird was why the Hitachi costs more seeing as they are a not so popular brand as the others and also because WD owns them they must be decent drives
i basically want something i can use for a while and not have any issues where it will essentially tear itself to shreds with spin or power cycles
i hear horror stories of people with this happening with green drives (have not experienced this myself though) i am not sure if seagate has the head parking on theirs so cannot say the same
anyways some help in choice would be great especially from personal experience not just fanboy opinions because although i mostly have used and bought WD Drives i am not against buying another brand for better quality and reliability
I need to buy one maybe two more drives I usually would buy the WD Green 2TB drives but with all the head parking reduced lifetime stuff being discussed all over the place i am thinking of looking at different alternatives
the machine runs 24/7 although a fair amount of time the drives sit idle especially the ones with older content i mostly access the TV Shows and Latest Movies drives daily when streaming to my Media Players or when downloading with Usenet
i have them set in WHS 2011 to spin down after 90 minutes of inactivity i feel this is a good time as it is not too short to be constantly spinning up and down and also not too long as to eat into power consumption
i have mostly bought 2tb drives as they were the only affordable ones when i last purchased now with 3tb drives coming down in price i was thinking of going with one of them to space out the time between having to purchase more
so i was looking at the following
WD 3.5" Green 3TB WD30EZRX SATA3 64M HDD = $132
Seagate 3.5" Barracuda 3TB ST3000DM001 SATA3 7200rpm = $139
Hitachi 3.5" Deskstar 0S03089 3TB SATA III HDD 7200RPM = $145
WD 3.5" Red NAS 3TB WD30EFRX 64M SATA3 HDD = $156
the prices do matter but not as much as getting a reliable drive also what i found weird was why the Hitachi costs more seeing as they are a not so popular brand as the others and also because WD owns them they must be decent drives
i basically want something i can use for a while and not have any issues where it will essentially tear itself to shreds with spin or power cycles
i hear horror stories of people with this happening with green drives (have not experienced this myself though) i am not sure if seagate has the head parking on theirs so cannot say the same
anyways some help in choice would be great especially from personal experience not just fanboy opinions because although i mostly have used and bought WD Drives i am not against buying another brand for better quality and reliability