Raid 0 or 10 better disks Seagate or WD red
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ToxicBanana
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WD RED, but both are low performance for Raid 0, if you want performance and reliability I would recommend WD RED PRO's instead.
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nukemaster
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Drives not made for red do not always work well in RAID(they can just drop from an array. They are also not rated for 24/7 use). This is not saying it will not work however. I had blacks in and old seagates in RAID0 for years.
Please remember that RAID0 gives faster sequential read/write, but do not help random read/write or access times. Also remember that since data is striped across all drives in raid0 if one drive fails all data will be gone as well.
Backup is essential to any computer system.
Raid 10(1+0) combines rail 1 and 0 to give you redundancy against a dist failure on either of the 2 raid one arrays and then places those 2 raid1 volumes into a raid0 volume. You need 4 disks and will loose half the total capacity to the mirroring(Raid1).
Please remember that RAID0 gives faster sequential read/write, but do not help random read/write or access times. Also remember that since data is striped across all drives in raid0 if one drive fails all data will be gone as well.
Backup is essential to any computer system.
Raid 10(1+0) combines rail 1 and 0 to give you redundancy against a dist failure on either of the 2 raid one arrays and then places those 2 raid1 volumes into a raid0 volume. You need 4 disks and will loose half the total capacity to the mirroring(Raid1).
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I just want to add that some of these drives also operate at lower rotational rates. This will generally slow access times down. This is not an issue for most home nas use or even file storage/recording/playback/ect, but would be an issue for an OS drive(lots of random read/writes).
drtweak
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NAS disk are rated for RAID and are designed to work properly in a RAID. As Nukemaster said you can user regular ones as well but they can drop and cause the RAID to fail. This was a BIG issue if you every tired to RAID two WD Greens together because the RPM varied on them. Using Blues or Blacks should be fine as well.
What I have (All in RAID 0)
2 - 2TB WD Reds
2 - 1TB Hitachi
2 - 1TB Hitachi and Seagate mix
I have not had any issues with them as they are now.
Now if you are just doing a simple 2 disk RAID 1/0 like me there not so much to worry about. To get into RAID 5/6/10/01/50/60 YOU WANT NAS/SERVER Grade drives! I have see people just toss in what ever drive in a RAID 5 before and the Drive drops because it isn't good enough for the other drives.
I would first make sure that ALL the drives you get are ALL the SAME, I would then make sure they are all NAS related but if you had to pick i would make sure they are all the same first just don't use ANY drive that has a Variable RPM.
All this 24/7 talk. I have clients with PCs that have NEVER been turned off. I come across many hard drives that when you look at their power on hours they add up to like 7-9 years of being powered on and don't have an issue. You can get a brand new drive and it would die the same day you get it. All depends on the brand and how lucky you get.
I'm also a WD Fan for consumergrade stuff but Seagate on the Enterprise grade stuff (SAS Drives)
What I have (All in RAID 0)
2 - 2TB WD Reds
2 - 1TB Hitachi
2 - 1TB Hitachi and Seagate mix
I have not had any issues with them as they are now.
Now if you are just doing a simple 2 disk RAID 1/0 like me there not so much to worry about. To get into RAID 5/6/10/01/50/60 YOU WANT NAS/SERVER Grade drives! I have see people just toss in what ever drive in a RAID 5 before and the Drive drops because it isn't good enough for the other drives.
I would first make sure that ALL the drives you get are ALL the SAME, I would then make sure they are all NAS related but if you had to pick i would make sure they are all the same first just don't use ANY drive that has a Variable RPM.
All this 24/7 talk. I have clients with PCs that have NEVER been turned off. I come across many hard drives that when you look at their power on hours they add up to like 7-9 years of being powered on and don't have an issue. You can get a brand new drive and it would die the same day you get it. All depends on the brand and how lucky you get.
I'm also a WD Fan for consumergrade stuff but Seagate on the Enterprise grade stuff (SAS Drives)
nukemaster
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I can attest to running desktop drives 24/7 for years. Even my 2.5 inch blue has about 3 years, but since it spins down most of the time, it has a pretty easy life. Has a 3.5 inch blue before that, but wanted the lower power(and quieter it it was not for the parking) of the 2.5inch one.
I was simply referring to design specs. Everyone who overclocks knows you can go pretty far out of spec and still work without issues for years.
If your database is heavy random read/write(most would be) a SSD of suitable size will kill even the best hard drives(raid0 or not because Raid0 does not help random). If redundancy is the concern go with raid1. It is not faster(maybe even a bit slower), but a drive failure will not leave yours database inaccessible.
I was simply referring to design specs. Everyone who overclocks knows you can go pretty far out of spec and still work without issues for years.
If your database is heavy random read/write(most would be) a SSD of suitable size will kill even the best hard drives(raid0 or not because Raid0 does not help random). If redundancy is the concern go with raid1. It is not faster(maybe even a bit slower), but a drive failure will not leave yours database inaccessible.
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