HDD case 3.5"

[alexnt]

I'm looking for a case for wd red drive to plug into a pc(lenovo m700), for seedbox purpose. It will work 24/7/365.

I have seen https://www.skroutz.gr/s/32131424/Orico-THiki-gia-2-Sklirous-Diskous-3-5-SATA-III-me-syndesi-USB-3-0-DS200U3-EU- BK-BP.html

but the comments are a bit discouraging, since they say that after spin down, to save energy, it either takes 5 minutes to get up again or it needs to be switched off and on(several comments on internet).

Also, I'm interested in keeping the drive as cold as possible.

Does anyone have a similar situation to recommend a case?

 

Mostly, I search on this local site: https://www.skroutz.gr/c/667/hard-drive-cases/f/597478/3-5.html?lang=en&order_by=popularity&order_dir=desc

[MiszS]

I rlly wouldn't get a wd red drive, western digital is a crappy company, they have made the wd red hdds display critical warning (not sure how exactly its called), after just 3 years of power on time, which is not nearly the lifespan of it, sure the drive still works, but if actual warning was to occur, you wouldn't know it. It would be better to get lime a seagate ironwolf

[alexnt]

2 minutes ago, MiszS said:

I rlly wouldn't get a wd red drive, western digital is a crappy company, they have made the wd red hdds display critical warning (not sure how exactly its called), after just 3 years of power on time, which is not nearly the lifespan of it, sure the drive still works, but if actual warning was to occur, you wouldn't know it. It would be better to get lime a seagate ironwolf

I will get a red plus which is cmr type. Thankfully, I have several wd drives for many years and never had any type of issue. Do you recommend any case for my scenario?

[PDifolco]

19 minutes ago, MiszS said:

I rlly wouldn't get a wd red drive, western digital is a crappy company, they have made the wd red hdds display critical warning (not sure how exactly its called), after just 3 years of power on time, which is not nearly the lifespan of it, sure the drive still works, but if actual warning was to occur, you wouldn't know it. It would be better to get lime a seagate ironwolf

Never heard  about  that and never had any issue with WD drives ...

[manikyath]

16 minutes ago, MiszS said:

I rlly wouldn't get a wd red drive, western digital is a crappy company, they have made the wd red hdds display critical warning (not sure how exactly its called), after just 3 years of power on time, which is not nearly the lifespan of it, sure the drive still works, but if actual warning was to occur, you wouldn't know it. It would be better to get lime a seagate ironwolf

i decided to go look into this... from one article i've found that seems to come from WDDM in older versions of synology DSM, who since no longer include the tool with their release.

 

and either way.. OP's not using synology, so this isnt gonna happen to them. case in point... my server's reds are 4-ish years old now, and i havent gotten any warnings yet.

 

as for seagate.. they're fine, but they do have a dud SKU more often than i'd like to see...

 

anyways, on topic..

if you're planning to go with 2 drives, do you have anything against getting 2 enclosures? single drive enclosures are dirt cheap, and the electronics are essentially standardized by this point.

[alexnt]

19 hours ago, manikyath said:

anyways, on topic..

if you're planning to go with 2 drives, do you have anything against getting 2 enclosures? single drive enclosures are dirt cheap, and the electronics are essentially standardized by this point.

I'm going for a single drive at this point but I also liked the orico 2 bay I mentioned above. I was disappointed when I read comments on amazon, so I'm looking for another one which doesn't have power saving issues and will keep drive as cold as possible and to be able to handle 24/7/365.

 

For example:

https://www.skroutz.gr/s/21201499/Ugreen-THiki-gia-Skliro-Disko-3-5-SATA-III-me-syndesi-USB3-0-50422.html

 

https://www.skroutz.gr/s/3997213/LC-Power-THiki-gia-Skliro-Disko-3-5-SATA-III-me-syndesi-USB3-0-LC-35U3.html

 

https://www.skroutz.gr/s/25375207/Orico-THiki-gia-Skliro-Disko-3-5-SATA-III-me-syndesi-USB3-0-7688U3-EU-BK-BP.html

 

https://www.skroutz.gr/s/29466186/LC-Power-THiki-gia-Skliro-Disko-3-5-SATA-III-me-syndesi-USB3-2-LC-35U3-C-HUB.html