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I got a green and it died after a year with only a few hours usage.
So I want to build a decent sized drivepool. So these drives will be spinning all the time. 24/7 operation.
Are the reds better than the greens for this kind of thing?
If you are doing hardware raid then you will need the Reds, if not and you are doing something like MDADM or ZFS then go with the Greens.
no, I would not use greens for any kind of raid.
yeah, i was mainly referring to the TLER feature, which seems like something they recommend you turn off for stuff like ZFS. So yeah, if hardware raid, then get the REDS.It depends if you are doing hardware raid or not. If you are doing hardware raid then you will need the Reds, if not and you are doing something like MDADM or ZFS then go with the Greens.
The Reds are slightly faster but it's not like it's mind-blowing in difference.
no, I would not use greens for any kind of raid.
Because WD Green series drives do not have configurable TLER (time limited error recovery). Green drives also have an abnormally long TLER period set.Why not?
I've have a 2009 1TB green running 24/7 for over three years in a plex server (measured by Christmas holidays). Was a backup drive for at least a year before that. No problems yet.
Now only if you had 999 more of these we could begin to make conclusions about your experience..
My point is 1 or 10 drives are statistically meaningless.
Because WD Green series drives do not have configurable TLER (time limited error recovery). Green drives also have an abnormally long TLER period set.
If a Green drive encounters an error, it will pause all operations and attempt to recover over, and over, and over, and over... It will try for so long that most RAID controllers will mark the disk as bad and drop it from the array before it finishes.
Good RAID controllers handle error recovery on their own, they don't need the disk to do it. Reds have a short TLER by default (short enough not to cause issues with any RAID controller), and can have it totally disabled if need be.
Why not?
If you say greens are not for ANY kinds of Raid, looks like you don't know about Raids these days.
Hardware Raid ---> Reds : I agree (but who care of hardware raid these days?)
Software Raid ----> doesn't matter if you're using reds or greens.
I totally agree if you buy reds with more money to pay for another year of warranty. Otherwise, they (red and green) are both same. For the durability, it's almost up to the way you use it.