I have several media servers I am setting up and am deciding on if i should have them running all the time or just when I need them. They are going to be used to storing music, videos, misc files, porn. I assume the drives will spin down when not in use which will be most of the time.
The big concern I have is vibrations from so many drives. I have two 36 bay servers and one 24 bay server. I would like to have HGST or NAS drives for there vibration protection and high quality and longer life but they are significantly more per drive than the 5TB Toshiba desktop drives I plan to buy. Backblaze uses desktop drives so idk.
This is confusing. Do I need to spend the extra money on NAS drives or can I make do with desktop drives? What do you guys use in your servers?
The big concern I have is vibrations from so many drives. I have two 36 bay servers and one 24 bay server. I would like to have HGST or NAS drives for there vibration protection and high quality and longer life but they are significantly more per drive than the 5TB Toshiba desktop drives I plan to buy. Backblaze uses desktop drives so idk.
This is confusing. Do I need to spend the extra money on NAS drives or can I make do with desktop drives? What do you guys use in your servers?