So I've been in the market to build a server, and I had the part list ready to go except, how I was going to stock the thing with DATA drives?
I wanted to go $200 MAX per 4TB drive, and I settled on the WD RED series. Checked yesterday and it said it could only do 1-5 in a NAS, my server will be maxed out at 8 drives in the bays.
Today I go check for hard drive prices again using pcpartpicker (highly recommend them) and WD RED 4TB stood out to me.
But not for the price...
According to the NEWEGG.CA page, it says they support 1-8 in a NAS and they have NASWARE 3.0 inside.
Yet when I go check WD's site, it says they support 1-5 in a NAS and have NASWARE 2.0 inside.
Does this mean there's a refresh coming for RED drives?! I think so!
I wanted to go $200 MAX per 4TB drive, and I settled on the WD RED series. Checked yesterday and it said it could only do 1-5 in a NAS, my server will be maxed out at 8 drives in the bays.
Today I go check for hard drive prices again using pcpartpicker (highly recommend them) and WD RED 4TB stood out to me.
But not for the price...
According to the NEWEGG.CA page, it says they support 1-8 in a NAS and they have NASWARE 3.0 inside.
Yet when I go check WD's site, it says they support 1-5 in a NAS and have NASWARE 2.0 inside.
Does this mean there's a refresh coming for RED drives?! I think so!
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