Best NAS Drive

[nicolaidenmark]

So, I have two HGST Deskstar NAS with 10 TBs each running SHR-1 in a 4 bay NAS (DS918+). I now have less than 3 TB free.

 

Based on speed and reliability, which disks should I get?

 

14 TB disks are expensive and since, I'm running SHR-1, a 14 TB would be the new raid disk due to its larger capacity. In other words, I would get 10 TB extra but would be paying for 14 TB. On the other hand, the next time I would get the full 14 off the next disk. It's expensive, however, would maybe save me from getting the extension bay. What do I go for?

 

Do I get WD Ultra, WD Red Pro? Heard much bad about Seagate so prefer to stay away from those.

 

I use my NAS as a Lossless 1080 and 2160P MKV Plex server, music library (lossless flac files) and Photo library (DSLR RAW photos and thinking about getting a Nikon D850 which is putting out 100 MB RAW Files due to its 45 MP sensor).

[Xplo1t]

I have a mixture of HGST Deskstar NAS and Seagate IronWolf drives and both have been reliable.  This is in a 24 bay SuperMicro server so more stressful than a typical Synology unit.  Since you are limited to 1Gb/s speed, look at the WD Red if you want to avoid Seagate.  They spin slower and produce less heat.  The warranty isn't as good as the Pro but I suspect the HGST drives will be the next thing to die anyways.  Whatever you do, buy an extra one so you have a spare and plan to increase your backup size as well.

[PianoPlayer88Key]

There are also the Toshiba N300 NAS drives.  I haven't used them personally (I currently have several assorted HGST Deskstar NAS), but havent heard any really bad things about them, and am maybe considering them when I eventually need more drives.  (I'd also consider WD Red, and while I too am wary of Seagate due to past history, I wonder if the IronWolf drives might be more reliable...)

[nicolaidenmark]

19 hours ago, Xplo1t said:

Since you are limited to 1Gb/s speed, look at the WD Red if you want to avoid Seagate.  They spin slower and produce less heat.  The warranty isn't as good as the Pro but I suspect the HGST drives will be the next thing to die anyways.  Whatever you do, buy an extra one so you have a spare and plan to increase your backup size as well.

So, you are saying that I\m not getting the full 7200 RPM transfer speed from the HGSTs due to the 1 Gbit connection? I think 1 Gbit would give 125 MB/s? If I recall correctly, I have seen that on my NAS.

[Xplo1t]

2 hours ago, nicolaidenmark said:

So, you are saying that I\m not getting the full 7200 RPM transfer speed from the HGSTs due to the 1 Gbit connection? I think 1 Gbit would give 125 MB/s? If I recall correctly, I have seen that on my NAS.

7200 rpm is not transfer speed. 

[nicolaidenmark]

30 minutes ago, Xplo1t said:

7200 rpm is not transfer speed. 

I realize that, however, the 7,200 RPM HGSTs are listed with a higher transfer speed then the 5,400 RPM Reds. So, I take it, in a way RPM relates to transfer speed?

[Xplo1t]

I don't recall the HGST a much higher transfer speed, but below is the specs for the current WD Red drives.  Any of those would completely saturate a 1Gb/s connection and for your use case would be fine.  7200rpm drives would come into play if you were in an office setting with a bunch of documents being shared, but even then the difference would be minimal.  Plex, music and photos is a very light workload.

 

Also for comparison, here is how the HGST drives stack up against the Reds before WD took them over. https://www.storagereview.com/node/4598

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[nicolaidenmark]

55 minutes ago, Xplo1t said:

I don't recall the HGST a much higher transfer speed, but below is the specs for the current WD Red drives.  Any of those would completely saturate a 1Gb/s connection and for your use case would be fine.  7200rpm drives would come into play if you were in an office setting with a bunch of documents being shared, but even then the difference would be minimal.  Plex, music and photos is a very light workload.

 

Also for comparison, here is how the HGST drives stack up against the Reds before WD took them over. https://www.storagereview.com/node/4598

I'm no expert... I see the HGSTs are doing OK? Are Reds better by a significant margin? I get they are quieter...

[nicolaidenmark]

No further help on this?