WD Red or Seagate NAS
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 2:33 am
What's the better drive?
They both claim silence; & I see the Red got a good review at SPCR, but all the reports of them failing in the newegg & amazon reviews make me tentitive since I won't be running RAID.
The main reason I'm looking at NAS designed drives is because they're marketed as having low vibration, heat, & noise. But reliabitily is also extremely important, which is why I'm also considering enterprise class drives (though from my understanding they're typically much louder).
The Seagate was released June this year, the WD July last year.
Drive info
WD Red
http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/S ... 771442.pdf
http://www.seagate.com/files/www-conten ... 724684.pdf
They both claim silence; & I see the Red got a good review at SPCR, but all the reports of them failing in the newegg & amazon reviews make me tentitive since I won't be running RAID.
The main reason I'm looking at NAS designed drives is because they're marketed as having low vibration, heat, & noise. But reliabitily is also extremely important, which is why I'm also considering enterprise class drives (though from my understanding they're typically much louder).
The Seagate was released June this year, the WD July last year.
Drive info
WD Red
http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/S ... 771442.pdf
Seagate NASAverage acoustics (dBA)
Idle mode
3TB
23 db
2TB
23 db
1TB
21 db
Seek mode
3TB
24 db
2TB
24 db
1TB
22 db
http://www.seagate.com/files/www-conten ... 724684.pdf
Drive acoustics, sound power
Idle***
4TB
2.3 bels (typical)
2.4 bels (max)
3TB
2.3 bels (typical)
2.4 bels (max)
2TB
1.9 bels (typical)
2.0 bels (max)
Seek
4TB
2.5 bels (typical)
2.6 bels (max)
3TB
2.5 bels (typical)
2.6 bels (max)
2TB
2.1 bels (typical)
2.2 bels (max)