RAID Capable drives

[kizoku_95]

I am wanting to set up a small Raid 1 array using 2 HDD for a total of maybe 1TB for backups only. I donot posses huge libraries or any such stuff just some C Drive backups and other personal backups

What in your opinion would be a budget level raid drives?

I dont want server grade stuff as the array will not be used that heavily! 

[Guest]

I am wanting to set up a small Raid 1 array using 2 HDD for a total of maybe 1TB for backups only. I donot posses huge libraries or any such stuff just some C Drive backups and other personal backups

What in your opinion would be a budget level raid drives?

I dont want server grade stuff as the array will not be used that heavily!

Wd red 1tb x2

[Mo5]

WD Red FTW!

 

[kizoku_95]

Wd red 1tb x2

any other drives

[Guest]

any other drives

I've only used wd red blue and samsung ssds I have no experience with hitachi or any other brands sorry.

[Guest]

Seagate Barracuda's are good if you want something cheap. 

[technovore]

Seagate Barracuda's are good if you want something cheap. 

^ dat

[IdeaStormer]

If its a hard drive it can be RAIDed don't fall for the BS that only certain drives can be RAIDed. A drive is a drive, unless you're trying to do something super fancy a regular drive is just fine.

 

Fancy as trying to establish some IOPS record or something like that, for everyday use any drive is fine.

[Guest]

If its a hard drive it can be RAIDed don't fall for the BS that only certain drives can be RAIDed. A drive is a drive, unless you're trying to do something super fancy a regular drive is just fine.

 

Fancy as trying to establish some IOPS record or something like that, for everyday use any drive is fine.

Eh this is kind of true. What does separate the higher end drives though is life span and vibration resistance. 

[IdeaStormer]

Eh this is kind of true. What does separate the higher end drives though is life span and vibration resistance. 

 

In theory. I still have some lame old IDE basement bargain drives that still work. Meanwhile I also have a grave yard of Enterprise drives which are dead as can be that are only 4 years old, the IDE's are maybe 8 years old. Its all random.