HDD For Raid1

[killjoy69]

What are some good 1TB HDD that work well in Raid 1 and raid in general?


Looking at reviews it looks like WD hdd are not good for Raid arrays,even their dedicated hdd for Raid just have a slower time for error recovery, as it looks like...
"RAID-specific, time-limited error recovery (TLER) - Prevents drive fallout caused by the extended hard drive error-recovery processes common to desktop drives. "

Anyways Samsung seems to have good hdd
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152119 A bit pricey tho
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150014%2050001077%20103530090&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&Order=RATING

Also Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 and 7200.12
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433

I'll be putting 2 HDD of 1TB in Raid 1

 

[r_manic]

Which reviews are you talking about? Which ones say that WD isn't good for RAID? Links please.

 

[ainarssems]

Any drive is good for RAID. There are some drives marketed as RAID editions with tweaked firmware but it is more marketing then actual performance.

As for looking at those 2 Seagate drives-always go for the later drives over older drives, should not be looking at 7200.11 at all. Newer drives are faster and more energy efficient.

 

[saint19]

Get seagate, are the best on HDD...In RAID remember that all HDD have to be dinamics.

 

[killjoy69]

Ok,Thanks, Ill go with 2x Seagate 7200.12 1TB

As of WD, there are reviews on newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284&cm_re=wd_caviar_black-_-22-136-284-_-Product
I ran into a couple of this kind of review,talking about TLER and recovery time (don't remeber the sites)
Plus the other thing is that WD recommend their Raid edition HDD,over the desktop,but they are more expensive and there is not a big difference