They use a lot less power too. For small home NAS they are really an often overlooked option.
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thelittleblackbird@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Usually 2.5" hdd tends to be more silent. But they are definitely worse from a nas perspective and not so in the ratio €/gb.
The solution with non mechanical disks is by far the most silent, but prepare the wallet and probably a kidney too.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Don’t use them.
Very easy to pick SMR HDDs by accident.
You don’t want those inside a NAS.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
That depends on the usage, see: xda-developers.com/smr-hdds-are-fine-for-your-nas…
If you keep this issue in mind and avoid resilvering / balancing they can work just fine in a media storage NAS.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Too dangerous for me.
Too much room for error.