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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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