NAS Drive or Enterprise Drive?

[simple]

Hi,

I am planning to get QNAP TS-670 pro and wondering if I should choose NAS Drive or the Enterprise Drive?...

Any suggestions are welcome...

 

[stevech]

I'd suggest (and have done so myself).. shop for 7200RPM drives. It is said that the WD Red drives have a longer warranty and more diagnostics in the firmware, but arguably not worth the price premium. Esp. since RMA replacements are "used".

 

[thiggins]

A lot depends on use. Enterprise drives are designed to handle high use environments where NAS is constantly being hammered by multiple users. But drives run much hotter and draw more power.

You are unlikely to see any throughput difference. I have run both WD Red and Re in high-end NAS and didn't see anything significant.

 

[simple]

Thanks for the tips.

@thiggins

So it would be better to use Enterprise grade drives if files are access frequently, and NAS drive will be better to be used like a seedbox, etc?

 

[thiggins]

The issue is how much the drives heads are going to be moving. If multiple users are accessing small files, they will be constantly whacking away seeking blocks potentially scattered all over the disks.

If one user is doing the same thing, the heads will move less.

If the NAS is used in a home situation, I would skip Enterprise drives.

 

[stevech]

Aren't the Enterprise (WD red?) and consumers the same, mechanically and differ only in warranty and maybe S.M.A.R.T. firmware? That's what I had read many places. But it may not be a universal truth.