That's a good price - I paid $295.10 (delivered) last month for the 6TB version.
Hmm looking for spare hdd (for hot swapping when hdd on my synology is failing), but maybe 3tb is enough.
Is it normal that people keep one or two hdd at home unused for their nas spare?
not overly necessary but normal and a good idea.
When I needed more space I bought four new drives but only replaced the first two drives. The two bumped up the capacity and the other two are cold spares to cover a failure or use when I need more space.
Edit: 4 disk array using SHR
i see. yeah i have 5 bays, 4 are for data none of them are nas grade hdds: 2 wd greens and 2 random cheap ripped from external enclosures. and they are all 5 years old!
fyi bought 3tb wd green each for $179 in 2012
I'm the same. With redundancy at a disk level and additional backup on top it seems silly to pay 30% more for NAS drives that offer only some slight statistical improvement in reliability.
@LoopyLou: but raid 5 you can only afford to have 1 disk fails, correct? if 2 fail at the same time no way to recover….
@LoopyLou: i just realised my 4 disk in raid 5 are 2x3TB and 1x1TB 1x2TB haha the proper way is to have 4 exact same hdds
Is it actually RAID5 or is it SHR?
SHR handles different sizes quite well, but yes you need all the same size to squeeze out every possible byte.
So suggestion for you is to have two 3TB on standby for when you need the space or have a failure, while you squeeze out the last cents from the 1TB and 2TB drives. That, funnily enough, is my current scenario almost exactly.
BTW You can schedule the synology to run a regular disk test and email you the result
@LoopyLou: I'm using basic shr with 4 disks above. One thing I'm not sure, if the current 2tb fails, can I replace it with brand new 3tb (if i have one as spare)?
Or need to be the same size 2 Tb so the shr can be rebuilt?
Obviously I can't replace if the other way around (if 3tb fails and my spare is 2tb). I'll google soon.
Yep you can slide in a larger drive no problem. Once it's all rebuilt it will advise you have free space and can then expand the volume.
nice, got 4 the last time.. great drives.
wish i can just splash $1200 out….
Good price, I too bought a couple last time.
Note - they are quite noisy though so plan accordingly.
Been waiting a while for a good price like this. Thanks Op.
However, I just tried to check out and apparently they are not accepting orders at the moment due to the "Succos" holiday (never heard of it).
Looking at their announcement it looks like orders closed at 9:30 this morning (Sydney time) and will re-open 10:45 AM Sunday 8 October (Sydney time).
The dealzone timer on the hard drive has 74 hours, 20 minutes left which means the deal will end at 3:00 PM Sunday 8 October (Sydney time).
So as far as I can tell the only way to get this deal is to come back on Sunday and order after 10:45 AM and before 3:00 PM.
Should also note their announcement says any orders placed now will be processed when they re-open on Sunday October 15 (Monday our time) so be prepared for a longer wait on the shipping.
Still a good deal, and I haven't bought the rest of my NAS setup yet so I'm not worried about the shipping delay.
Yes saw this as well and got message - "Thank you for your patience while we break for the Sukkos holiday. Although online ordering is unavailable, you may still add items to your cart or wish list. Checkout will resume at Saturday 7:45 pm ET."
Deoesn't 7200 rpm defeats the purpose of NAS, this is more of a desktop drive being rebranded as a NAS one… i'll prefer a WD Red for a little bit extra but pick this one for the desktop PC anytime…
Why would 7200rpm drive not be suited for a NAS? Faster seek times are always welcome. Am considering getting a pair for my Synology NAS.
A less power hungry, low speed, quiet disk such as WD Red is more suited to a relatively smaller (when compared to desktop PCs) NAS platform. In a typical home NAS installation, data transfer rates are limited by WLAN anyway… Moreover, 7200:5400 will generally translate to a 3:4 ratio of total revs you'll see in a drive before its bearings approach failure (due to EOL) and same goes for other mechanical component including platter fatigue, motor etc. I prefer to see durability/reliability in a NAS installation more than the performance. On a desktop PC as I said above, I'll be keen to use a 7200 rpm drive for better overall performance (where power is not an issue and upgrade is likely to be cheaper/ more frequent). Actually I presently do have a 3TB HGST in my machine, it's not the NAS- but the older-version (running okay so far since 3+ years). Suspect NAS-version is essentially the same disk (just rebadged)… I've had a Seagate Barracuda failed on me in a NAS in the past… sticking to Reds for now for above reasons… fingers crossed… :)
Speaking of hard drives, HGST has just launched a 14TB whopper!