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Could someone point me in the right direction or a link to where I can find the Read and Write speeds of the WD Black, Red, Blue, Green Hard drives?

 

If possible aswell, maybe a sound test aswell as i've heard that the Black drives are annoyingly loud.

 

Thanks!

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Just putting it out there. DO NOT GET GREEN DRIVES. They are so slow they are for long term storage you don't acres very often they run slow and quiet with little power consumption

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Also don't red reds those are for a NAS. Get blue black or purple

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Just putting it out there. DO NOT GET GREEN DRIVES. They are so slow they are for long term storage you don't acres very often they run slow and quiet with little power consumption

^This^

 

I can't recommend Reds either since they're designed for enterprise thus making them supposedly more reliable and expensive than others...

 

Blues or Blacks would be the ones you want... Just please don't get the 10000rpm Velociraptor...

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^This^

 

I can't recommend Reds either since they're designed for enterprise thus making them supposedly more reliable and expensive than others...

 

Blues or Blacks would be the ones you want... Just please don't get the 10000rpm Velociraptor...

Also purples are good. And why not get the 10,000 rpm one?

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Could someone point me in the right direction or a link to where I can find the Read and Write speeds of the WD Black, Red, Blue, Green Hard drives?

 

If possible aswell, maybe a sound test aswell as i've heard that the Black drives are annoyingly loud.

 

Thanks!

LOOK AT THE RPMS they are mechanical hard drives RPMS are a very good indication of maxspeed and of noise; Black, Red, Blue, Purple are all 7200 virtually identical oh wait THEY ARE identical only difference is firmware... Green is much slower and quieter but it's not meant for use it's made for backing up your files then pulling out of your system and just having it sit somewhere safe...

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Just putting it out there. DO NOT GET GREEN DRIVES. They are so slow they are for long term storage you don't acres very often they run slow and quiet with little power consumption

 

Thanks, noted :)

 

 

Yeah thats where I've been looking for most of my info but couldnt see the read and write speeds

 

 

Also don't red reds those are for a NAS. Get blue black or purple

 

Yeah I keep seeing this NAS term and no idea what it means lol.

 

In essence im wanting to RAID1 2xHDD's to store a load of movies/music/pictures onto, So I was tied between the Red and Blues mainly, just wanted to know the speed/sound difference of both

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Also don't red reds those are for a NAS. Get blue black or purple

Purples are also made for NAS-like Enviroments don't get them either .......

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Yeah thats where I've been looking for most of my info but couldnt see the read and write speeds

Yeah I keep seeing this NAS term and no idea what it means lol.

Just get a Seagate Barracuda.

NAS is network attatched storage usually another term synonmis with Server 

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Thanks, noted :)

 

 

Yeah thats where I've been looking for most of my info but couldnt see the read and write speeds

 

 

 

Yeah I keep seeing this NAS term and no idea what it means lol.

 

In essence im wanting to RAID1 2xHDD's to store a load of movies/music/pictures onto, So I was tied between the Red and Blues mainly, just wanted to know the speed/sound difference of both

A nas is when you is a fire and weather proof inclosure and you put one or two red drives in it and then these drives hook up over your internet and you can access it from anywhere. Like having your own cloud. Get blacks or blues those are for just using in a PC.

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Purples are also made for NAS-like Enviroments don't get them either .......

 

Purples are optimized for 24/7 write cycles (like in CCTV recording applications) while Reds are optimized for read cycles (web servers, etc)... (I think)...

 

Velociraptors are not worth it IMO since you can get better performance with an SSD...

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A nas is when you is a fire and weather proof inclosure and you put one or two red drives in it and then these drives hook up over your internet and you can access it from anywhere. Like having your own cloud. Get blacks or blues those are for just using in a PC.

WTF? That is not what a NAS is... some NASes fall under that but that does not define a NAS... N.A.S. Network Attached Storage(or Server in some cases)  

 (also note I'm speaking about the enclosure part)

Purples are optimized for 24/7 write cycles (like in CCTV recording applications) while Reds are optimized for read cycles (web servers, etc)... (I think)...

 

Velociraptors are not worth it IMO since you can get better performance with an SSD...

Purples are optimized for Read AND Write cycles Eg having multiple security camera feeds being written toa drive while also looking at archives and yeah that what Reds are optimised for sort of... usually more normal all around functional servers not webservers cause webservers actually usually hosted on enterprise grade drives (Reds are just Consumer-Server grade) 

And no they are not I have to agree 110% hell you could get an SSHD from seagate; 

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 a fire and weather proof inclosure

 

Wat, just wat.

 

The Blacks I have in my PC are virtually inaudible and perform quite well. I have had 3 Green's fail on me so I'd stay away from those. Can't help you with the rest of the range.

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WD Blacks if your going to throw your entire steam gaming library on it.

 

WD Blacks are not noisy unless you don't screw them into a HDD Tray.  Lazy people or no sound builders are the ones that usually complain about them being "too loud".  Their Audible but not loud. Average fan speeds noise should mask it.

 

 

graph shows WD Black 1TB/2TB/4TB sound levels.

 

http://techreport.com/review/24487/wd-black-4tb-hard-drive-reviewed/3

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Thanks alot for the info guys!

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Hi there,

As far as I understood you want a RAID1 configuration. May I ask why you need the RAID? If you aim at some security, I would suggest you to get an external drive and do backups. The mirroring of RAID1 can not be considered as a backup because actually the drives are still inside the same machine. If I were you, I would get a single drive and do weekly backups on an external. Keep in mind that RAID1 will cut your drive capacities by two (if you put 2x 2TB WD Reds, you will get 2TB space). Of course, if you have some other ideas about the RAID, go for it.
Now, about the WD drives. I see that some of you do not recommend the WD Green line, but, since you are going to use them as a storage, they can be very useful. The Green drive is designed to be a secondary storage drive. I presume that you have another drive for the OS. If you plan to use the HDD just to store files on it, the Green is a solid choice.
The case is a bit different, if you are going to install games or software on the HDD. In this situations, you should start looking for a WD Blue (a drive for everyday usage) or a WD Black (a high performance drive).
I think the WD Purple is not suitable for you, because it is designed to be used as surveillance storage drive.
And finally, I need to add something important about HDDs in a RAID. The desktop drives (Blue, Black, Green) require more time to recover from errors, which may result in RAID drop. The Enterprise edition drives are designed to be used in these conditions and have the feature TLER (Time Limited Error Recovery).
The WD Red are meant to be used as a part of a NAS solution, but if you insist on using a RAID, the Red could be a reasonable choice.
I leave you more details below:

 

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1397 – difference between desktop edition drives and enterprise drives

Hope this helps

WD Representative

www.wdc.com/en/

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