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Is WD Gold drives is good for important data backup ? I need HDD with very high reliability, because my files is very important

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For redundancy, you keep files on more than one hard drive.

WD has proven reliability. I enjoy the green drives for storage. 

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WD Reds are their remote storage line, I think you'll find the price more agreeable than the golds.

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2 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

For redundancy, you keep files on more than one hard drive.

WD has proven reliability. I enjoy the green drives for storage. 

Is two WD green / blue drives more reliable than one WD gold drives ?

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Just now, JohnCalvin said:

Is two WD green / blue drives more reliable than one WD gold drives ?

They should all be reliable equally. Each one just may have different features. The green drives are power savers for example.

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2 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

They should all be reliable equally. Each one just may have different features. The green drives are power savers for example.

Are WD green drives performance degradated significantly while using RAID 1 ?

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get a hitachi or toshiba, they have fewer failure rate.

If this is very critical, never backup on a single drive, at least have 2 in raid 1.

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2 minutes ago, JohnCalvin said:

Are WD green drives performance degradated significantly while using RAID 1 ?

Hell no, it will act as good/bad as any brand.

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