WD Red Pro
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Pros
- WD Red Pro
- Between those three brands... WD Red Pro
- alternatively considering getting a single WD red pro+ for now and setting up in a seperate pc as a NAS
- Prime examples are WD Black, WD Red Pro, Seagate IronWolf Pro and Toshiba N300/X300 Pro for non-enterprise... Build quality and performance both matter.
- WD red pro, seagate iron wolf pro, or exos drives(not the ones ending with the letter c in the model name)
Cons
- WD Red, WD Red Pro, WD UltraStar, Seagate IronWolf, Seagate IronWolf Pro, Seagate Exos, Toshiba N300, Toshiba N300 Pro, Toshiba MG. Most mechanical NAS drives fall under these lines.
- I find the Seagate Barracuda is much quieter spinning but louder reading/writing than the WD Red Pro.
- I went into Micro Center to pick up a WD Red Pro 18TB at $379 but the salesman convinced me that Toshiba NAS drives are a better choice.
- I ended up getting an avg switch and upgrading some of my clients to 10Gb, but still never got close to those speeds with RAID 10, 7200 Red Pros.
- I own a Syno NAS with 2x8TB WD Red Pros since a few months.
Sentiment
8 positive (57%) · 6 mixed (43%) · 0 negative (0%)
Trust + time weighted score: +65% · raw score 57%
What redditors said (10 of 14)
WD Red Pro
Between those three brands... WD Red Pro
alternatively considering getting a single WD red pro+ for now and setting up in a seperate pc as a NAS
WD Red, WD Red Pro, WD UltraStar, Seagate IronWolf, Seagate IronWolf Pro, Seagate Exos, Toshiba N300, Toshiba N300 Pro, Toshiba MG. Most mechanical NAS drives fall under these lines.
Prime examples are WD Black, WD Red Pro, Seagate IronWolf Pro and Toshiba N300/X300 Pro for non-enterprise... Build quality and performance both matter.
WD red pro, seagate iron wolf pro, or exos drives(not the ones ending with the letter c in the model name)
swapped out my trusty 5-year-old 4x 6TB Toshiba N300 NAS drives for 4x 18TB WD Red Pro drives on volume 1 (RAID 5).
NAS drives (Seagate Ironwolf (+Ironwolf Pro), WD Red (+Red Pro, Red Plus)). these are the good ones for most homelab users. Built solidly, designed for good performance under fairly heavy workloads. ... (the WD Red Pro and WD Red Plus are fine though)
I find the Seagate Barracuda is much quieter spinning but louder reading/writing than the WD Red Pro.
I went into Micro Center to pick up a WD Red Pro 18TB at $379 but the salesman convinced me that Toshiba NAS drives are a better choice.
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