They are sitting in the basement, noise is not a concern. Why WD red?
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Eideen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I purchase some Seagate HDD, and felt a regret. as they are quite noisy.
I would go for WD red, when I get new HDD.
MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 8 months ago
Eideen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Then i would go for Seagate IronWolf Pro ST20000NE000 256MB 20TB, and save 13%. (non pro stop at 12TB)
IronWolf® Pro drives are engineered to deliver 24×7 performance, reliability, and dependability in multi-bay, multi-user commercial and enterprise RAID storage solutions.
If noise was a concern, they are noticeable quieter. WD Red Pro 22TB Hard Drive, NASCompares
dan@upvote.au 8 months ago
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” without telling anyone, and more recently they were flagging drives with a warning just because they had been in use for three years: theverge.com/…/western-digital-three-years-warnin…
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.