6tb face off

[zedselder]

while making a build in terms of storage wise we will add 4 wd 6tb but which one is better for read and write speed and why is it the green or the red or the purple 
thanks 

[Manny Calavera]

Green is best for low usage scenarios, red is for raid and purple is survaillance.

 

Get reds.

[MrKickkiller]

Green is best for low usage scenarios, red is for raid and purple is survaillance.

 

Get reds.

 

Red => Nas + Raid environment.

Red basically means 24/7 operation, vibration "resistant", and solid lifespan.

Purple : Surveillance

[ZetZet]

Red => Nas + Raid environment.

Red basically means 24/7 operation, vibration "resistant", and solid lifespan.

Purple : Surveillance

and green is write once and forget about it type drive. like a huge cd.

[Captain_WD]

while making a build in terms of storage wise we will add 4 wd 6tb but which one is better for read and write speed and why is it the green or the red or the purple 

thanks 

 

Hey dexzizo,

 

Here's some info on the three types of drives:

 

- WD Green is your energy-efficient drive that works cool, quiet and saves a lot of power. It is designed for backups and secondary storage. Its features allow it to be a great choice for quiet backup builds or for archiving. It is mostly chosen for massive media storage (up to 6TB) in builds that have another drive for the OS and active programs and games. http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=J6puLf

 

- WD Red is the NAS/RAID class drive from the consumer series that is designed specifically for RAID environments and NAS devices. It is tuned and optimized for 24/7 performance, RAID arrays and up to 8-bay NAS systems. This drive is often used for backups, stable secondary storage and in streaming builds, as well as NAS and RAID. http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=ZdjQ20

 

- WD Red Pro is designed with the same purpose as the regular WD Red, only for larger scales (8 to 16 bays). They have fixed 7,200 rpm (while the regular WD Red has Intellipower), longer warranty and some additional features in the firmware, enabling it to perform even better at larger scale RAID arrays. http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=GvEfC9

 

- WD Purple is your surveillance-class drive, designed specifically for surveillance storage, video recording and streaming. It has optimized noise reduction (being the most quiet drive in the consumer line with only 22dBA nooise level during seeking time), significantly reduced frame loss nad optimized firmware. This drive is also used often for desktop computers due to its low noise levels. It has optimized sequential read/write speeds but the random read/write speeds are lower than normal and some people experience problems with it in regular desktops.http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=IV255r

 

- WD Purple NV has some improvements over the regular WD Purple such as durability in harsher environments, larger number of camera support and longer workload per year. Here's some more info: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=jnuYHj

 

If you want the best results I would recommend using WD Red in a RAID array.

 

Captain_WD.

[zedselder]

 

Hey dexzizo,

 

Here's some info on the three types of drives:

 

- WD Green is your energy-efficient drive that works cool, quiet and saves a lot of power. It is designed for backups and secondary storage. Its features allow it to be a great choice for quiet backup builds or for archiving. It is mostly chosen for massive media storage (up to 6TB) in builds that have another drive for the OS and active programs and games. http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=J6puLf

 

- WD Red is the NAS/RAID class drive from the consumer series that is designed specifically for RAID environments and NAS devices. It is tuned and optimized for 24/7 performance, RAID arrays and up to 8-bay NAS systems. This drive is often used for backups, stable secondary storage and in streaming builds, as well as NAS and RAID. http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=ZdjQ20

 

- WD Red Pro is designed with the same purpose as the regular WD Red, only for larger scales (8 to 16 bays). They have fixed 7,200 rpm (while the regular WD Red has Intellipower), longer warranty and some additional features in the firmware, enabling it to perform even better at larger scale RAID arrays. http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=GvEfC9

 

- WD Purple is your surveillance-class drive, designed specifically for surveillance storage, video recording and streaming. It has optimized noise reduction (being the most quiet drive in the consumer line with only 22dBA nooise level during seeking time), significantly reduced frame loss nad optimized firmware. This drive is also used often for desktop computers due to its low noise levels. It has optimized sequential read/write speeds but the random read/write speeds are lower than normal and some people experience problems with it in regular desktops.http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=IV255r

 

- WD Purple NV has some improvements over the regular WD Purple such as durability in harsher environments, larger number of camera support and longer workload per year. Here's some more info: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=jnuYHj

 

If you want the best results I would recommend using WD Red in a RAID array.

 

Captain_WD.

 

so in terms of read and write speed in IDE mode not RAID mode like watching an HD movie, installing a game from a mounted ISO, pasting large files or extracting large files which would be better

BTW thanks a lot for the great info :D 

[Captain_WD]

so in terms of read and write speed in IDE mode not RAID mode like watching an HD movie, installing a game from a mounted ISO, pasting large files or extracting large files which would be better

BTW thanks a lot for the great info :D

 

For such tasks, you'd want to have the drive with the best read/write speeds (since the additional features won't matter). I'd say the WD VelociRaptor would be such drive, but if you are looking at 6TB drives, out of the consumer line, WD Purple should perform best in terms of writing and reading constant data (it is optimized for intensive data writing). If you want great performance, I would suggest checking out WD Re 6TB as it delivers great results and is very reliable. Here's a link to its spreadsheet: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=18upzc

 

Captain_WD.

[Jarsky]

I wouldn't get the WD Purple though for installing games too, because of the random read/write required for game installations. Games typically load many thousands of little files which makes them rather random, especially open world games like WoW and GTA style games where its constantly reading new data depending on the environment. I'd rather go a Red for more consistant reads across sequential & random

[Captain_WD]

@Jarsky has a good point. WD Purple has optimized sequential write speeds and excels at that but may have some drawbacks with random read/write speeds. It really depends on what you are getting the drive for. 

 

Captain_WD.

[zedselder]

 

@Jarsky has a good point. WD Purple has optimized sequential write speeds and excels at that but may have some drawbacks with random read/write speeds. It really depends on what you are getting the drive for. 

 

Captain_WD.

 

thats the point this drive is only for storage and will not run on raid so i guess that the purple is fine write  

[Captain_WD]

thats the point this drive is only for storage and will not run on raid so i guess that the purple is fine write

 

Well I would still consider WD Green for the simple storage purpose. WD Purple performs great for sequential writes, but Windows OS writes randomly and the speeds would be lower. 

 

Captain_WD.

[Jarsky]

I would just think about having 4 x 6TB independant drives, not in any sort of array. Do you have a backup plan for if 1 of those drives faults, or are you prepared to lose 6TB of data in the event of a disk failing with no redundancy/parity?

[zedselder]

 

Well I would still consider WD Green for the simple storage purpose. WD Purple performs great for sequential writes, but Windows OS writes randomly and the speeds would be lower. 

 

Captain_WD.

 

what about the red, and in what cases will the win randomly write 

 

I would just think about having 4 x 6TB independant drives, not in any sort of array. Do you have a backup plan for if 1 of those drives faults, or are you prepared to lose 6TB of data in the event of a disk failing with no redundancy/parity?

well there is a NAS storage for backup so dont worry about that 

[Captain_WD]

what about the red, and in what cases will the win randomly write 

 

well there is a NAS storage for backup so dont worry about that 

 

 

WD Red is designed for NAS setups and RAID arrays and as such it has some additional features. When used as a regular drive it should perform similarly to WD Green in terms of speed. Both drives are equipped with Intellipower and have energy-saving features and should perform closely to one another when it comes to simple desktop storage. You can compare them using their spec sheets:

WD Green spec sheet: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=v2OyVf

WD Red spec sheet: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=TWfWp3

 

Captain_WD.

[zedselder]

 

WD Red is designed for NAS setups and RAID arrays and as such it has some additional features. When used as a regular drive it should perform similarly to WD Green in terms of speed. Both drives are equipped with Intellipower and have energy-saving features and should perform closely to one another when it comes to simple desktop storage. You can compare them using their spec sheets:

WD Green spec sheet: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=v2OyVf

WD Red spec sheet: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=TWfWp3

 

Captain_WD.

 

well thanks a lot