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Western Digital or Seagate
Dhruv:
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on August 05, 2012, 06:31:27 AM ---First off, the Velociraptor series was designed for performance, to be used as an OS drive. It was not meant for lots of data access, but rather for speed. It is outperformed by modern SSDs so it is kind of a mid-grade performance disk. Don't use it for just storing lots of data, that's a big waste of its potential unless you're running some kind of intermediate to heavy server that requires quick and heavy data access.
Second, it's hard to say about the Red because it is so new. It is recommended to be used in NAS units so I would expect it to be set up to RAID very easily (not that RAID is not already easy in the first place). I would not be so quick to say that it would work well in an enclosure for that reason. Play it safe and use a Green drive in the enclosure instead. You'll probably save on electricity too.
Obviously, there's no reason why it wouldn't work, but again, it's marketed as designed for NAS units. So the simple answer would be "yes, it can be put into an enclosure." The main worry is how much it would benefit you.
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Well i guess velociraptor would be good for using it as the main hard drive in the CPU...more for playing games or photoshop appications more like for high performance applications. So yeah it pretty much destroys it's purpose if it is used for only storage purpose.
And about Red...i'll probably ask an expert if that can be done or not. I do know a guy who retails or builds an NAS unit. Maybe he'll know about the RED drive. And with the enclosure if it's cheaper and more economical than elements then why not. But i'll have to see it's performance and capacity options myself as i have almost no knowledge about it. I don't even know if it's available here or not. Kira since you use NAS yourself what is the requirement o the drives used?! Can they be used 24x7?
Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: Dhruv on August 05, 2012, 07:39:21 AM ---Kira since you use NAS yourself what is the requirement o the drives used?! Can they be used 24x7?
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I just picked out disks that had good review scores. Back when Samsung was not a Seagate brand (I can't really say much right now, since it hasn't been very long since Seagate acquired them), they were a solid brand, and had very good review scores. The Hitachis I have now are solid regardless.
If there are disks out there designed specifically for 24/7 use, that would be the drive of choice. Otherwise, any disk that appears to be pretty damn solid would be good for a NAS application.
Dhruv:
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on August 06, 2012, 03:36:52 AM ---
--- Quote from: Dhruv on August 05, 2012, 07:39:21 AM ---Kira since you use NAS yourself what is the requirement o the drives used?! Can they be used 24x7?
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I just picked out disks that had good review scores. Back when Samsung was not a Seagate brand (I can't really say much right now, since it hasn't been very long since Seagate acquired them), they were a solid brand, and had very good review scores. The Hitachis I have now are solid regardless.
If there are disks out there designed specifically for 24/7 use, that would be the drive of choice. Otherwise, any disk that appears to be pretty damn solid would be good for a NAS application.
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Maybe we should wait for some reviews on The Western Digital Red Drive.... i am kinda interested in it too.
It is solid no doubt about that... they are specifically designed for NAS.
kitamesume:
theoretically any HDD will work on a NAS, with a redundancy setup it would secure the files from sudden failures, although their durability will decide how often you'd replace the HDDs.
Dhruv:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on August 06, 2012, 07:04:19 AM ---theoretically any HDD will work on a NAS, with a redundancy setup it would secure the files from sudden failures, although their durability will decide how often you'd replace the HDDs.
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Maybe Red has been designed to be durable... That is why they are specially designed for NAS...
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