I'm trying to decide on which drives are best for my raid card and build.
I have an ARECA 1882ix-12 card and I'd like to setup a new 8-12 disk array in RAID 3 for video editing.
The few drives I'm looking at are the HGST Deskstar 4TB drives; http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145912
the HGST Ultrastar 4TB drives: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145622
and the WD SE drives: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...m_re=ppssEnterpriseHDD-_-22-236-521-_-Product
or the WD RE drives: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...m_re=ppssEnterpriseHDD-_-22-236-353-_-Product
I'm finding it really confusing how the manufacturers are dividing the product lines, with the NAS specific labeling, SE vs RE, etc.
Both the WD SE and RE show a 5 year warranty but other than price I can't see a difference between these.
The Ultrastar vs Deskstar have a difference in $100 per drive and a 3yr vs 5yr warranty, along with a 1million vs 2.0 million hours MTBF rating (I honestly have no idea what that means)
So if anyone can please shed some light on this and could recommend which one I should decide on it would be appreciated. Its a pricey purchase for me so the difference of $1000 or more for the drives is a big deal. But if this is something I should spend the extra for the 5 year warranty I'll go for it.
Thanks in advance for your help!
I have an ARECA 1882ix-12 card and I'd like to setup a new 8-12 disk array in RAID 3 for video editing.
The few drives I'm looking at are the HGST Deskstar 4TB drives; http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145912
the HGST Ultrastar 4TB drives: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145622
and the WD SE drives: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...m_re=ppssEnterpriseHDD-_-22-236-521-_-Product
or the WD RE drives: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...m_re=ppssEnterpriseHDD-_-22-236-353-_-Product
I'm finding it really confusing how the manufacturers are dividing the product lines, with the NAS specific labeling, SE vs RE, etc.
Both the WD SE and RE show a 5 year warranty but other than price I can't see a difference between these.
The Ultrastar vs Deskstar have a difference in $100 per drive and a 3yr vs 5yr warranty, along with a 1million vs 2.0 million hours MTBF rating (I honestly have no idea what that means)
So if anyone can please shed some light on this and could recommend which one I should decide on it would be appreciated. Its a pricey purchase for me so the difference of $1000 or more for the drives is a big deal. But if this is something I should spend the extra for the 5 year warranty I'll go for it.
Thanks in advance for your help!