WD consumer drive vs server

[JuztBe]

Is there' any reason to go with Black over red or gold? Prices are almost identical, and server ones have twice as long warranty and cache.

[NTDaws]

Red is a NAS drive, Black is considered high performance, Gold I guess is Level 10 Legendary?

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, Being Delirious said:

Red is a NAS drive, Black is considered high performance, Gold I guess is Level 10 Legendary?

Red and Gold are also designed to be running 24/7, which Black isn't.

 

I would say unless you're building a NAS or a server, go with Black

[NTDaws]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

Red and Gold are also designed to be running 24/7, which Black isn't.

 

I would say unless you're building a NAS or a server, go with Black

Ahh yes Gold is a enterprise drive. It's been so long since i've heard about that drive as no consumer tends to buy it.

[Mira Yurizaki]

The first one is a WD Re drive, not a Red one.

 

Unless you're working in an enterprise environment or you're running a server with data that's absolutely critical, don't spend the extra money. A consumer grade drive will work fine.

[Electronics Wizardy]

RE drives are old, don't get them

 

Id go gold if there all the same price, normally faster and better warrantly.