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Large Storage Drive - Today's Sweet Spot

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So I am looking to grab a larger storage drive to merge 2 x 3TB drives. Have always been pleased with WD but the last few years have been getting Toshiba 3TB drives. Unfortunately, Toshiba does not make a 6TB or 8TB. Are Seagate drives the way to go for this larger size? If so, which line. I see they have a few lines.

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What are you using the drives for?
Do you want 7200rpm or 5400rpm drives?

 

I wouldn't buy Toshiba. They're selling off their computer component business, so who knows where it'll end up or how support will be handled. They definitely do make 6TB drives though.

 

I'd personally go with WD Red.

 

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I like seagate, but its honestly down to preference for this kind of stuff

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The sweet spot from my experience is still 2/3tb, read/write spewed on the inner part of the platter is still decent and if 1 fails its cheaper to replace and I'm not loosing 'that' much data. 6/8tb is a lot to loose at once.

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I have been liking the Toshibas lately because they do copy a little faster than the 3TB Reds that I have in the same system. Reds are a bit pricey and I will probably want to get 7200 HDD's as the case is decently cooled so not too worried about heat at this point. The problem with 2/3 TB is, all 6 SATA ports are used, I could remove the DVD drive but thought I would move a 3TB to a secondary PC and then grab a 6 or 8 TB to add into my current rig.

 

Is I was to go with Seagate, I see have more than 1 version of their 7200 8TB. Which one is used for what?

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