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What 8TB drive should i get for a nas?

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I recently decided to build a nas but i dont know what hard drives to put in.

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I like the ironwolves. Have been serving me well so far. 

What configuration are you planning? 

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Seagate IronWolf or WD Red Pro would be my first picks. (But my home server is full of shucked white label WD 12TB drives so it's "do as I say not as I do" advice.)

 

Whatever you pick, double-check the datasheet to make sure it's a CMR drive. You don't want SMR drives in a NAS.

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I have 4 of these, 2 in use, one as a spare, one doing a local backup in an external enclosure:

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I use in my NAS devices Seagate Exos enterprise drives, and they have been champs!

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Personally I'm always anything but Seagate. I've been using WD Red drives.

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1 hour ago, FloRolf said:

I like the ironwolves. Have been serving me well so far. 

What configuration are you planning? 

Raid 5

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I've been rocking the 8TB white label versions of WD Reds and I'm very happy with them. Speeds are great, noise is great, and temps are great on the 5640RPM drives. I'm about to need another one and finally bare drives are cheaper than externals so I'll be getting one of those next.

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22 hours ago, Needfuldoer said:

Seagate IronWolf or WD Red Pro would be my first picks. (But my home server is full of shucked white label WD 12TB drives so it's "do as I say not as I do" advice.)

 

Whatever you pick, double-check the datasheet to make sure it's a CMR drive. You don't want SMR drives in a NAS.

where do i see if a drive is CMR or SMR? Its not in the seagate datasheets.

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14 hours ago, FuchsFuchs1 said:

where do i see if a drive is CMR or SMR? Its not in the seagate datasheets.

Generally speaking, some specific portfolios or models are considered to have been shifted to SMR:

  • WD Blue 2TB or larger
  • WD Red non-Plus non-Pro 2TB or larger
  • Seagate Barracuda 2TB or larger
  • Toshiba P300 2/4/6TB
  • All 2.5' spinners with 1TB or larger capacities

The IronWolf & Red Pro portfolios, in the contrast, are promised to be CMR-recorded in their advertisements. The followings are also worth considering:

  • WD Ultrastar/Seagate Exos. Performant and the most robust, CMR promised, but louder.
  • WD Purple/Seagate SkyHawk. Fairly affordable and quieter, CMR promised, but less robust.
  • Toshiba N300 series. Alternatives to IronWolf or WD Red, CMR promised.
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