Durable hdd for RAID 1

[Khav]

I intend to put connect two 1TB  HDD in raid  1 and i need a hdd that will last for years and runs reasonably quiet.I though of WD green because linus use these a lot but reviews online say it has high failure rates.What HDD you would recommand me to use ?

[Archangel1994]

WD Red is pretty solid. A few people here use then as regular HDD's (Despite being optimized for NAS use) and are very happy with the results. Reliable, cool and pretty quiet.

[officiallyasimulator]

Id say WD Black

[Oshino Shinobu]

WD Black is good. Has a 5 year warranty, but normally last a fair bit longer. 

[Volbet]

The WD Greens usually don't do well in RAID either, so I wouldn't recommend those.

I would look at the WD Reds if I were you. The WD Blacks usually also have a long runtime.

Seagate has their NAS Drives. I have heard good things about them, but I have no personal experience.

[jurian123]

WD reds and blacks. (no racist)

[Dorian_WD]

Hi there, I would also recommend the WD Red which are specifically designed for RAID environments.

These drives have the TLER feature, which prevents the hard drives from being dropped off the array due to extended error recovery.

This way you will experience less down time rebuilding the RAID.

You can find some more info about the HDDs here: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=810

 

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Dorian_WD

[Khav]

@Dorian_WD

 

Do WD have a store in Mauritius ...how do i get a RMA if the hdd fails after x months .My WD My passport 1tb 3.0 failed after 11 months

 

I hope the internal ones are more durable 

[Dorian_WD]

I am really sorry to hear about the issue with the external drive.

Unfortunately there is always a chance that a hard drive may fail, that is why it is highly recommendable to backup your data.

The WD Red line has a  3-year warranty, which, I hope, you will not need to use in case you decide to go for this drive.

This is the official WD distributor in Mauritius: http://www.wdc.com/en/buy/distributors/default.aspx?dname=&region=1&subrgn=141#sr141

 

Hope this helps.

Dorian_WD

[Khav]

@Dorian_WD

 

So i should buy the WD reds from that distributor(absolutely no link on their website to buy WD drives )  or i can buy on ebay and then go to them in case the drive fails to get another one

 

This way i will get peace of mind 

 

Thanks a lot for helping me out.,,

[Dorian_WD]

You can buy it from the distributor so that in case you need to RMA you can contact them.