expiredKDoggMDF posted Mar 07, 2023 02:17 AM
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expiredKDoggMDF posted Mar 07, 2023 02:17 AM
18TB Seagate Exos X18 7200RPM 3.5" Internal Enterprise Hard Drive (Recertified)
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Definitely a great site, but make sure you're properly testing your drives before relying on them to save your data! HDD Sentinel is a fantastic Windows testing and monitoring app for HDDs and SSDs and there is a 40% off deal running currently.
My shucked WD 12TB disks are all getting full.
Not quite sure why the seller refurb'd units are more expensive than the Mfr Recert drives, and come with only 30 day warranty vs. 2 years for the Mfr recert.
This is the X18 drive, is the X20 a better choice? I am not sure what the different X levels are.
Does that tool (or the scrutiny one it looks like replaced it) do more than the extended smart test you can kick off in unraid?
HD drive sentinel is what you want for windows and if you get a synology it will inform you of errors through their software.
I run two 24 bay super micro enterprise cases over unraid and never had one drive fail or give me an error.
Most drives will die within the first month after being full written too.
I have had 3 drives die from either bad shipping or bad from the factory within the first 72 hours of being written too on my chia crypto farm
but these were on my 3x 45bay full loaded supermicro jbods farming chia
i manage about 2.5PiB right now with no issues. Your best investment is to buy a UPS from antec cyberpower when they go on sale. Any type of trip or sudden shutdowns will hurt your drives or data being transferred at the time
I own a few of these
https://www.amazon.com/APC-Sinewa...e90401
Just make sure you plan for parity and you will be good to go for many years using a consumer nas or custom built. I have left my servers on for over 2 years with no issues , constantly reading and some writing, rebuilding parity to make the array larger in unraid . No issues
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Why? Gotta buy at least 2 for mirroring.
I'd also recommended 'stressing' drives; new or used. HDDs are not like SSDs, so giving them a 'shakedown' doesn't implicitly and verifiably subtract from their lifespan. It will, however, often 'illuminate' issues with the drive, that otherwise may not pop up for months-years.
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It's a matter of personal preference.
Windows storage spaces does most of not all of the useful things in the filesystem that the free NAD software can do.
backups are far more important and useful than parity on a dollar per dollar basis ESPECIALLY for home users.
I prefer an extra drive with a 12hr sync over an extra parity driver personally.
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B/c up to now, ALL HDD manufacturer have drives that failed within minutes, not even years.
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