Upgrade Path?

[Captain Matt]

Hey all,

 

I work freelance producing videos for people. My last upgrade to my storage system was a 1tb WD Black which is killer. Now, it's full (surprise!). 

Eventually I would like to build a NAS for some video streaming but also as a place to backup footage to. The build I'm looking at doing is about $1k so it's a little off in the distance.

 

However, in preparation for that, I would like to add another drive to my computer to store completed projects and just serve as a backup for some of the projects.

So...

>record project

>Add raw files to both drives

>Edit files on WD Black

>Render (copy) completed files to both drives

>Delete raw footage from Black immediately, manage new drive as needed deleting old footage.

 

 

What would be a good drive to invest in now that I would also be able to add to a NAS later?

WD Green...? Red?

 

 

Thanks!
-Matt

 

[doomsriker]

I would get a WD black. The reds are server grade drives that run slow but have protections built in. A WD black is a good balance of speed and reliability.  

[Dreigo42]

If this is just a backup location, a green drive is inexpensive, reliable, and doesn't use much power (aka heat). It's not as fast as a Black but I use 4 of them in a nas to wonderful results.

[APasz]

Personally I run WD reds in raid 10 which is great for high bitrate footage.

I agree with Doom3, WD blacks are a pretty good bet before going all in on a raid array.

[ThePartyLeader]

Black if you are not going to move the drive to the NAS afterwords. Red if you plan on moving the drive over once the NAS is built.

 

Don't forget to look into the HGST NAS drives. WD doesn't have a monopoly on storage.

[APasz]

Hitachi, I'm always forgetting about them ever since they basically fully moved into the enterprise only market.

[Gronnie]

The WD Red 8TB NAS drives are actually HGST drives, I would go with those.

[Captain Matt]

Alright here's another question.

Could I run a VM and run FreeNAS and Windows Server side by side in order to use my proposed NAS as a rendering proxy with Adobe software and a file manager?