WD Green
Reddit take
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Pros
- Parent context: The color really doesnt matter in my own testing, they just change the firmware to do different things. I always check the cache size and spindle speed as a performance indicator. Nas drives are just good all around drive...
- The color really doesnt matter in my own testing, they just change the firmware to do different things. I always check the cache size and spindle speed as a performance indicator. Nas drives are just good all around drives. But I have al...
- I have several 1TB WD Green drives from 2010 which have always had aggressive power management in terms of head parks (<10s inactivity) and spinning down (<5 min inactivity). I've been running these like that for 15 years with no issues...
Cons
- Parent context: Tracking, only had it in there till purples arrived and then I saw I could have it as a “ready spare” assuming that means it doesn’t get constantly written to Reply: That is still bad practice because in the event one of...
- The days of WD green are gone.
- Then the Greens appeared and were kind of bashed for more or less valid reasons... But somehow they were not well received, partly on reliability, partly on the speed difference which of course was highlighted in all benchmarks
- The only drive that is failing of my 6 external USB drives which are all around 10 15 years old is a WD green drive. I have chucked 3 of them including the WD green.
- Bro, WD Green is not what you should be using for your offsite backups. I’m not here to argue anything. I’m happy you have off site backups… but green isn’t the right color. lol
Sentiment
3 positive (30%) · 2 mixed (20%) · 5 negative (50%)
Trust + time weighted score: -18% · raw score -20%
What redditors said (10 of 10)
Parent context: Tracking, only had it in there till purples arrived and then I saw I could have it as a “ready spare” assuming that means it doesn’t get constantly written to Reply: That is still bad practice because in the event one of the drive in the array died the green drive would then be added to the array to replace the failed drive. You should remove the drive completely.
The days of WD green are gone.
Parent context: The color really doesnt matter in my own testing, they just change the firmware to do different things. I always check the cache size and spindle speed as a performance indicator. Nas drives are just good all around drives. But I have also green drives in production for over 8 years with zero issues. Knock on wood 🪵 Reply: Usually the green drives spin at a slower speed of 5400 rpm and aren't usually rated for 24/7 writes and reads. But man I have pushed a lot of them hard and they still run.
The color really doesnt matter in my own testing, they just change the firmware to do different things. I always check the cache size and spindle speed as a performance indicator. Nas drives are just good all around drives. But I have also green drives in production for over 8 years with zero issues. Knock on wood 🪵
I have several 1TB WD Green drives from 2010 which have always had aggressive power management in terms of head parks (<10s inactivity) and spinning down (<5 min inactivity). I've been running these like that for 15 years with no issues even after >100,000 POH.
Then the Greens appeared and were kind of bashed for more or less valid reasons... But somehow they were not well received, partly on reliability, partly on the speed difference which of course was highlighted in all benchmarks
The only drive that is failing of my 6 external USB drives which are all around 10 15 years old is a WD green drive. I have chucked 3 of them including the WD green.
Bro, WD Green is not what you should be using for your offsite backups. I’m not here to argue anything. I’m happy you have off site backups… but green isn’t the right color. lol
It's using a WD Green drive which are well known for their aggressive power saving options, including unloading the read-write arm and spinning down.
2 X 1tb WD green (2015, same usage as the red) (I tried to WDIDLE3 it years back but couldn't).
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