Which WD hard drive color?

[t0m3k]

Which color of WD hard drive should I go with for a RAID 1 setup?

[Windows 10]

Black if you have money, Blue if you are on budget

[Guest]

Pair of blues

[Mark77]

What about the non-coloured HGST drives?  Technically they're WDC these days, and their reliability record has been stellar.  Superior to "Blacks" for most applications and the prices are usually reasonable.

 

But to answer this question fully, do you have any particular performance requirements? 

[comicsansms]

2 minutes ago, Mark77 said:

What about the non-coloured HGST drives?  Technically they're WDC these days, and their reliability record has been stellar.  Superior to "Blacks" for most applications and the prices are usually reasonable.

 

But to answer this question fully, do you have any particular performance requirements? 

HGST might be owned by WD, but Toshiba makes the 3.5" HGST drives.

That said WD, Seagate and Toshiba all make good drives.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

HGST might be owned by WD, but Toshiba makes the 3.5" HGST drives.

That said WD, Seagate and Toshiba all make good drives.

Not samsung though. They only make SSD

[comicsansms]

1 minute ago, dexxterlab97 said:

Not samsung though. They only make SSD

Samsung's HDD division is Seagate

[Guest]

Just now, Comic_Sans_MS said:

Samsung's HDD division is Seagate

yes they sold it to seagate about 5 years ago. 

[t0m3k]

No specific requirements, just need a RAID 1 (BIOS) setup for a small biz.