Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 20:51:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: infoomatic <infoomatic@gmx.at> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware recommendation Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.2206282049030.86823@tripel.monochrome.org> In-Reply-To: <345291c2-0820-b391-f035-8d68b3345dda@gmx.at> References: <25275.14490.634554.58598@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <345291c2-0820-b391-f035-8d68b3345dda@gmx.at>
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On Tue, 28 Jun 2022, infoomatic wrote: > On 28.06.22 19:21, Robert Huff wrote >> A disk drive on one of my machines is dying. >> I'd like to replace it with a _reliable_ (the old one lasted 10+ >> years at moderate loads) consumer-grade SATA II or higher drive of at >> least 500 gbytes. > > In the light of the link to backblaze, my mail seems quite useless ... > I have had great experience with WD red with conventional magnet > recording - be warned my number of disks I can compare is much lower > ;-) However, I would go with a prosumer/enterprise-grade SSD. For spinning metal, I'll second the mention of WD Red. They are claimed to be "NAS grade." I've been using them for years with no issues. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org
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