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I've read through tons of HD threads in this forum, and I'm sorry to have to create another one. However, I have a very specific question:
Is there a current 2TB sub $100 HD that will play nice with an Areca 1880ix-24-4G? I've read all kinds of people bashing the current line of Seagates. Is that because of a high mechanical failure rate? Or do they have TLER issues and drop out of arrays? I'm not overly concerned with throughput--most slow drives will still perform well when used with a good caching raid controller. As long as it isn't significantly slower than my current setup, I will be satisfied.
I currently have a Norco 4020 with a Areca 1280ML-24-2G, filled with 20 ST31500341AS (1.5TB, 7200RPM Seagate Barracudas). It's been running for a year and a half, and hasn't given me a single issue. This second NAS will be mainly for redundancy of the first NAS, but it will also be quite a bit larger (I plan to put it in a 4224, and use 24 2TB drives). Because I'm buying so many drives, I would like to keep the cost down. I'm not as worried about actual mechanical failure (I always use Raid 6 with an extra hot spare), but I am definitely worried about TLER type issues, with random drop outs.
Based on some of these threads, I've been looking at the Hitachi 7k2000 and 5k3000 drives. But some of the seagate/WD options would be quite a bit cheaper over 24 drives.
I appreciate any input. Thanks.
Dave
Is there a current 2TB sub $100 HD that will play nice with an Areca 1880ix-24-4G? I've read all kinds of people bashing the current line of Seagates. Is that because of a high mechanical failure rate? Or do they have TLER issues and drop out of arrays? I'm not overly concerned with throughput--most slow drives will still perform well when used with a good caching raid controller. As long as it isn't significantly slower than my current setup, I will be satisfied.
I currently have a Norco 4020 with a Areca 1280ML-24-2G, filled with 20 ST31500341AS (1.5TB, 7200RPM Seagate Barracudas). It's been running for a year and a half, and hasn't given me a single issue. This second NAS will be mainly for redundancy of the first NAS, but it will also be quite a bit larger (I plan to put it in a 4224, and use 24 2TB drives). Because I'm buying so many drives, I would like to keep the cost down. I'm not as worried about actual mechanical failure (I always use Raid 6 with an extra hot spare), but I am definitely worried about TLER type issues, with random drop outs.
Based on some of these threads, I've been looking at the Hitachi 7k2000 and 5k3000 drives. But some of the seagate/WD options would be quite a bit cheaper over 24 drives.
I appreciate any input. Thanks.
Dave