tigerwoodKhorns Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I need to buy 2 1 TB hard drives for my computer I have my OS on a SSD My computer has 4 bays and an SAS raid controller so I can set up 2 mirror raids on 1 mirror pair, I will have my documents and music files (which I stream all day). On the second mirror pair I will store backups. What HD's do you reccomend? I can also change this up and put my docuemtns on 1 mirror pair and music on a second mirror pair and back everythign up to a NAS that I have. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tromprof Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Western Digital green. Good price, great reliability! YMMV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 Thanks. I have always used Seagate or WD. I usually get the higher end models, but the WD Green have very good reviews. I am using HDs from 2008 right now so they sure have lasted. If I stream music all day, should I have the music on a different HD than the HD that my work files ore stored on? I will use different partitions, but I want to know, different HDs? I am thinking that maybe my best bet is to set up on pair of mirrored HD for my work files and one pair of mirrored HDs for my music. Then use my server to store backups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joessportster Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 WD reds..................They are all I use and from my research they have the best reliability according to reviews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-for-q2-2015/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I am thinking that maybe my best bet is to set up on pair of mirrored HD for my work files and one pair of mirrored HDs for my music. Then use my server to store backups. Excellent thinking. I use a program called "Mirrorfolder." Incredibly versatile. I have it set to mirror my files on local drives directly to my NAS. So many options it's a bit daunting at first but by far the best and most reliable such program I've ever used. Pretty cheap too, and I've been using it now for 5 years without failure. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdave Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 WD reds +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted October 25, 2015 Author Share Posted October 25, 2015 I am thinking that maybe my best bet is to set up on pair of mirrored HD for my work files and one pair of mirrored HDs for my music. Then use my server to store backups. Excellent thinking. I use a program called "Mirrorfolder." Incredibly versatile. I have it set to mirror my files on local drives directly to my NAS. So many options it's a bit daunting at first but by far the best and most reliable such program I've ever used. Pretty cheap too, and I've been using it now for 5 years without failure. Dave So I am better off having the music on one pair of drives and my work files on another pair of drives? I assume that reading music and iles from the same drive is not desirable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 (edited) Western Digital green. Good price, great reliability! YMMV I have the 1T WD Green. I have had no problems with reliability. The Green means when it is not in use it spins itself down to a lower RPM (maybe 5400, can't remember) to save electric, when in use it runs faster, maybe 7200, can't remember. I think the other two choices at the time were Black (fast 7200 rpm) and maybe Blue. I don't think Red was available at the time, so I don't know what it offers. Edit: I just looked it up, the internet is an amazing thing! The Red specifically engineered is for a NAS. That looks like the way to go. http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=810 Edited October 25, 2015 by wvu80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknoid Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 I'm a fan of the WD Red NAS drives. Currently have three 3TB drives configured RAID5 in my primary desktop PC. I do PC support work for a living and the company I work for uses only WD drives. We put WAY too many Seagate drives in the trash to recommend them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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