NAS Drives

[ZeusXI]

So my home server is getting itself a nice little upgrade from 4x 2TB HDD (Raid 5) which are a few years old now. Its just plex, local storage, and hosing a Valheim server on it currently. 

 

I am thinking about cutting some heat, power, and noise down since the rest of the system is on a passive cooler with 2 fans running in low RPM mode. 

 

So would a WD Red SSD or Samsung 870 EVO or WD Blue SSD be better here? Where I am located, both are about the same, and Seagate equivalents are way to expensive for some reason right now for Price per TB.

 

Samsung - I have some points with bestbuy where I could get 30$ off this here

https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Inch-Internal-MZ-77E4T0B-AM/dp/B08QBL36GF?th=1 

 

WD Blue

https://www.newegg.com/western-digital-blue-4tb/p/N82E16820250121?Description=WD ssd 4tb&cm_re=WD_ssd 4tb-_-20-250-121-_-Product&quicklink=true

 

WD Red

No link, but its at my local bestbuy for 310$

 

[Dedayog]

WD Red over the others, as they are NAS/Server drives from design.

[MonkeyBomb]

The Samsung has substantially better TBW than the WD, 2400 vs 600.  If you are going to be doing a lot of writes, I'd go with the Samsung.

 

For mass storage though, I'd still go with a platter drive. 

[ZeusXI]

3 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

WD Red over the others, as they are NAS/Server drives from design.

What does a NAS ssd have over a traditional SSD? The TBW are about the same. and IOPS are higher on samsung. 

Is it more for the longevity of the drive? Or is the warranty different?

[wseaton]

3 hours ago, ZeusXI said:

What does a NAS ssd have over a traditional SSD? The TBW are about the same. and IOPS are higher on samsung. 

Is it more for the longevity of the drive? Or is the warranty different?

Nothing, Never seen a WD red in a data center or server.

 

There are mainstream consumer SSD's, shoddy consumer SSD's (Wish, etc) and data center grade SSDs.

 

Since nobody wants to spend the cash on the more robust data center grade SSD's then stick to name brand consumer SSD's like you listed. Either are fine, and in your use case I highly doubt you will ever exceed the write endurance of the drives. Power crashes affect the lifespan of your SSD more than anything, especially if they are consumer grade.

 

 

[OhioYJ]

17 minutes ago, wseaton said:

Nothing, Never seen a WD red in a data center or server.

 

There are mainstream consumer SSD's, shoddy consumer SSD's (Wish, etc) and data center grade SSDs.

 

What you do at home and what you do in a commercial environment are two entirely different things, typically.  In my desktops, HTPCs, I use WD Gold, or HGST drives. However I'm only buying one or two for each PC. The extra cost is fine. Not to mention I want my Steam library sitting on a nice drive:

 

 

However for my home NAS where I'm buying drives in bundles of 8... WD Red (Plus or Pro) drives are fine. Sure it'd be great to have enterprise drives in there, but I can't justify the cost difference, especially for something that's just one of many backups, and has redundancy. My NAS is full of red drives: