Choosing a NAS drive

[GrayTech]

My DIY openmediavault is currently running with two 250GB HDDs for prove of concept and it seems to work perfect for me! Now it's time to get proper drives. I want to buy two 4TB NAS drives. 5400PRM is totally fine for what im doing. The drives will be set up in RAID 1 but if I need more storage I'll get additional 4TB drives and configure it in RAID 5.

 

I looked at the 4TB WD Red Plus (EFZX) since they are were cheaper then the other WD RED 4TB drives while still using CMR. But their lineup is really confusing. There are two drives which seem to be identical on paper. The EFZX and EFRX models.

 

So my question is: Which drive should I get? It doesn't have to be a WD RED, other recommendations are welcome as well.

[Master Disaster]

Seagate Ironwolfs seem to be the most highly regarded but also the most expensive.

 

I bought Toshiba drives for my NAS (since I refuse to buy WD drives ever) and they've been solid as a rock to date.

 

Generally speaking, NAS drives are more reliable than consumer drives anyway so, as long as its NAS rated, it will be fine.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Id get the ironwolf nas drives here. There often cheaper and just as good of a drive.

 

The sub model doesn't really matter, and should all be basically the same for your use.

[GrayTech]

8 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Seagate Ironwolfs seem to be the most highly regarded but also the most expensive.

 

8 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Id get the ironwolf nas drives here. There often cheaper and just as good of a drive.

Well, reading both answers is a bit confusing. More expensive or cheaper? In my case the prices are about the same (2€ price difference).

I think I'll go with the 4TB IronWolf NAS (5900RPM).