Posted June 2, 2020 Hey guys, quick question: I want to have three HDD's in a raid config. But I don't know what to pick. I already have a WD Black drive. can I just buy 2 more of these and will I be fine or will I have to resort to buying Nas optimized drives because of the vibration? My case is the define S2. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 2, 2020 Honestly I would just get a single, fast SSD instead of setting up an HDD raid array that is going to perform comparably or worse to a much more quiet and less power-hungry solid state drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 2, 2020 why do you want a raid config? What is your goal? How much storage do you need? What speed do you need? Id probalby just get a single big drive, its normally better than raid for desktops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 2, 2020 What are your goals for the RAID config? Speed? You're better off spending some of that money on an SSD and optimise where you store files. Redundancy? Set one up as a backup first before you consider RAID. Generally wouldn't recommend RAID outside of critical server applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 2, 2020 Author It isn't really that I have goals for the raid config. It's more because I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 2, 2020 Author but to get back to my question, Are in the Define S2 Nas optimized (like wd reds) better or can i get away with wd blacks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 3, 2020 21 hours ago, Roman1998 said: but to get back to my question, Are in the Define S2 Nas optimized (like wd reds) better or can i get away with wd blacks? Id stay awam from reds due to smr issues. No reason to get blacks, there expensive and the nas featuers are nice to have for about the same price. On 6/2/2020 at 8:52 AM, Roman1998 said: It isn't really that I have goals for the raid config. It's more because I can. how much space do you want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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