Reddit reviews WD Red 2TB NAS Internal Hard Drive - 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, CMR, 64 MB Cache, 3.5" - WD20EFAX (Old Version)
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Specifically designed for use in NAS systems with up to 8 baysSupports up to 180 TB/yr workload rate* |*Workload Rate is defined as the amount of user data transferred to or from the hard drive. Workload Rate is annualized (TB transferred times (8760 / recorded power-on hours)). Workload Rate will vary depending on your hardware and software components and configurations.Compatibility-WD Red NAS Hard Drives are designed specifically for NAS systems that have 1 to 8 drive bays in both 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch form factorsSmall and home office NAS systems in a 24/7 environment3-year manufacturer's limited warranty
I didn't even specify which ones. But ok, you mean like these WD Reds that are specifically made for NAS use and continuous r/w ?? $85
Bei den Preisvorstellungen kannst du eigentlich nur gebrauchte Notebooks meinen, budgetcomputer.ch verkauft zB Notebooks die sie von Firmen abkaufen, gibt bestimmt vergleichbares in Deutschland.
Eine Backup-Lösung mit 2-4TB in RAID wird da wahrscheinlich nicht mehr im Budget drin sein, aber igendein NAS mit 2 Bays + Festplatten wird dann auch wieder über 300€ kosten, wird wohl nicht wirklich in deine Preisvorstellung passen. Vielleicht einfach eine WD My Passport oder so an einen Raspberry Pi hängen? Dann hast du zwar kein RAID, aber wenn dein Laptop stirbt, dann sind die Daten zumindest noch einmal vorhanden, könntest die ja auch von da aus auf Dropbox oder Onedrive synchronisieren um ein "kostenloses" drittes Backup zu haben.
Egal ob Pi (mit KODI) oder das Synology NAS, beide würden einen Medienserver anbieten, mit dem du direkt die Filme/Serien/Musik auf deinem Fernseher angucken kannst und der Laptop ganz egal ist.
Windows hat auch ein Feature, mit dem du einen Medienserver aus deinem PC erstellen und Medien im Netzwerk freigeben kannst.Du willst ja Linux, da gibts ja noch mehr möglichkeiten.This was my build in October of 2011 so these parts will not be available now but there should be something similar.
Total Cost before Hard drives: $281.95
This was my first build and it did me well (I only replaced it around 5 months ago)
Here is a very similar build that has in stock parts
Total Cost Before Hard Drives: $265.95
As for a storage drive since you only want 2tb I'd suggest this drive
If your planning on buying Windows server I'd look here for a copy of Server 2012 R2 Essentials /r/microsoftsoftwareswap/
I'd go for this + 2 of these. Do not have this set myself, I have an older Synology, but they are great.
Have you considered a commercial NAS product, like Synology? With your light needs, you would probably be safe with a 2-bay and a couple of 2-4TB hard drives.
However, remember that the online systems handle a lot of things for you, such as disks dying, that you will need to handle yourself if you go local. With only two disks I would enable a feature called "RAID 1" that will help protect your data if one of the drives dies. However, the redundancy means that if you (for example) have two 2TB disks inside the NAS your available space will only be 2TB - the second disk will always be a "backup."
Also, considering this is for a business you should also think about backing up the data somewhere off-site for emergencies (such as your office burns down, or gets robbed). This could even be OneDrive - you wouldn't need to use it except if something happens to your data, and every week you could add any new/changed files to OneDrive from the NAS.
Synology supports Dynamic DNS. I assume your firm has a website; the person who manages that may be able to help you get the NAS set up on a domain like
cloudfiles.website.comthat would let all employees connect and download files from anywhere.This is, of course, assuming you only need the server for data storage - that is what a NAS is good at. It can do other kinds of calculations and processing too, but it would not be as good as a typical server for that purpose.
I would probably just buy 2TB WD Reds for $1.50 more -> https://www.amazon.com/Red-2TB-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B008JJLZ7G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1486573277&sr=8-1&keywords=wd+red+2tb
This: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Synology-DS218j-Bay-Desktop-Enclosure/dp/B076S8NSCD
and 2 x 2TB WD Red's https://www.amazon.co.uk/WD-TB-NAS-Hard-Drive/dp/B008JJLZ7G
or 2 x 4TB if you can stretch an extra £25 each
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£375 for 4TB setup in RAID 1
Wow, this is the first bot I've seen on reddit which is truly useful.
Ignore this, I just want to play with it (hope it does UK too)..
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008JJLZ7G/
This Lenovo/IOMEGA NAS plus two 2 TB WD Reds set me back about $300 USD
Here's the NAS on Amazon
Here's the 2TB WD Reds
$109, Prime avail., Amazon
On Synology, using PhotoStation, you can tag: Location, People, and generic tags. So, outside of the location and people in that photo, you can tag specific qualities of the photo (landscape, car, dog, animal, black and white, birthday, etc etc)
You also have the option to share the photo or add the photo to a shared album so you can share multiple photos at once.
At the top of the linked page, you can click a link for a live demo of DiskStation Manager, of which PhotoStation is a part of. And you can explore it on your own. They don't give you a username and password, but I was automatically logged in after I waited a short while. Once logged in, click the set of four squares in the upper left and select PhotoStation. Play around with it and see if that's what you want.
Keep in mind the the 2-bay Synology's don't come with hard drives, so that'll be a separate expense:
I linked to a WD Red HDD because those are rated and designed for use in NAS systems, it's a drive I'm familiar with, and a brand I trust. But, in the end, you can go with whatever drive you want. For what it's worth, the 2TB Seagate IronWolf, another HDD made for NAS systems, is only $79USD, bringing the subtotal down to $308USD.
I'm going to assume you have minimal knowledge of NAS systems so I'll add some additional info. You also may need more than 2TB drives, depending on how you set up the volume, RAID1 or RAID0, you'll have 2TB and 4TB of space respectively. I’m not saying you’ll need 3 drives but if 2TB or 4TB isn’t enough space, you’ll n Ed to purchase larger drives. But, that should be plenty of space.
RAID1 will mirror the drives, so all the data is both drives. So if one drive fails, all the data is still available. Just put in another 2TB drive and the system will copy the data over to the new drive. RAID1 has redundancy and you're protected against a drive failure.
RAID0 will combine the drive space. So, two 2TB drives is now 4TB of space. However, if one of those drives fails, you lose all the data. RAID0 is particularly useful for speed, and for program scratch discs. I would never keep important stuff, like photos of my family and vacations, on a RAID0 NAS system.
Of course, RAID is not a backup. Just because there is redundancy doesn't mean your data is safe. I'm not sure if it's the same in Canada but if you have Amazon Prime, you can back up all your photos to Amazons Cloud Drive. Depending on how/where PhotoStation stores your photos, you may be able to set up a backup task to copy the photos on the NAS to Amazon Cloud for you. That way, should the RAID1 array fail, and you need to replace both drives, your photos are still secure & safe and you'll be able to download them off Amazon.
If you save while making it work now, I would suggest the WD Red line. I bought 4x 4TB WD Reds to form a Raid-Z2 for my FreeNAS build.
WD Red 2TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD20EFRX https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008JJLZ7G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_0cl5AbFYGQG0M
I know building your own stuff is fun, but as someone who has been building computers and networks for 20 years and has built a NAS with FreeNAS, it's kind of a pain in the ass.
For less money, you can have a turn key solution with a Synology 2-bay NAS ($300US) and 2x2TB WD Red ($200US) and be up and running in 15 minutes with higher reliability (anecdotal?)
http://www.amazon.com/Synology-DiskStation-Diskless-Attached-DS214/dp/B00FY6DV3S/
http://www.amazon.com/WD-Red-NAS-Hard-Drive/dp/B008JJLZ7G/
If you want expandability, for an extra $100 or so, get a 4-bay Synology instead of the two-bay.
http://www.amazon.com/Synology-DiskStation-Diskless-Attached-DS411slim/dp/B004L87XAC/
that setup WILL work for basic network storage like you've described, though it's not what I would describe as ideal. I'd get an enclosure for it at very least, that was the drive isn't sitting out exposed. as far as a drive goes, I'd suggest a WD Red drive as they are designed for NAS use (basically just always on operation)
I'd also suggest making sure the laptop you're using is usb 3. (if you care about transfer speeds)
Programs usually running in the background are:
Steam
Origin
Battle.net
Avira
CCleaner
Spybot
Logitech Gaming Software
Nvidia Experience
Virtual Clonedrive
MSI Afterburner
I run scans on Malwarebytes, Spybot, Avira, CCLeaner at least once a week. I run my games on this.
Maybe the RPM is too low? I just read that maybe the Red one wasn't a great option for gaming..
I´ve a Acer Revo One with a i3 and i can handle 1080p. It´s also available with two hardrive slots and a i5 so you can stack it up to 4TB in that. But its 2,5 inch harddrive so i added a simple My Cloud 4TB NAS. Turned off all the BS from WD, so its i can Write with about 70Mbit/s.
So, my Setup
Revo One i3 368$
2TB WD Red 89$
With this Setup for 457$ you have 3TB plus you have a Windows PC.
So, for me that was not enough so i bought a
My Cloud 4TB NAS for 168$, so i´ve a bit more Space, and that is more than enough for me.
The Windows was for the most important thing, because i can easily run everything on that i need like JDownloader etc..
Plus, that PC is connected directly to my Router, nothing else. So i can connect via Remote Desktop from MacBook or any other Windows PC and just administrate everything there. That for me was a big plus.
If i3 is not enough for you, there is a i5 as well, and you can insert there 2 harddrives instead of just one. But it cost 545$.
Also, instead of and old PC, that little things just consumes 16W in idle. I have a meter on it to check.
That sounds perfectly promising, thanks for providing one complete reasonable setup, thats pretty much what I wanted to see under my post :)
So just for my conclusion:
I buy the TS440 (standard version 4GB RAM/ NO HDD)
1x Crucial 16GB Kit
1x SSD 120GB
1x HDD 3TB
I still have one more quesiton:
I think I'll just buy one standard lenovo 3.5 inch caddy to start, but where do I put my SSD? It's 2.5 inch. You said 'laying on the bottom' did I understand it correct you just wrapped it in somehow? xD
Second question:
I can't find the TS440 that cheap anywhere else, amazon won't ship it outside the US, and I don't live in the US...any ideas where to get it?
only other idea would be to use a NAS built harddrive, like WD RED:
http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B008JJLZ7G/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2XRB0ZYHURTIU&coliid=I1DT646M6VK46G&psc=1
I run my plex server on a dedicated laptop without any major issues. As already mentioned by others, occasionally updates are installed that reboot the machine and my external drives do not re-mount. This is pretty rare and not a big deal for me to go remount the drives. Make sure to store it in a well ventilated area, as laptops tend to get hot.
As far as external storage goes, I would recommend investing in a DAS, I use this one. This gives you external storage, but also allows you to buy a bare hard drive like WD Red's.
If you're willing to invest more in a longer terms solution I would suggest the Drobo 5D with Western Digital Red drives. I'd probably start with 3 2TB drives.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HBGMPXQ/ref=twister_B00IAL1Y10?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/Red-2TB-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B008JJLZ7G/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1473280839&sr=1-1&keywords=western+digital+red+2tb
Sure, but it's two years old...
Intel G3220-dual core on a ASUS H871-PLUS MoBo (with 16GB DDR3) in a SilverStone Tek Premium Mini-ITX and eight 2TB WD NAS drives.
Running FreeNAS.
due HD[3,5"] da 2Tb ciascuno per NAS sotto i 120 € li posso trovare?
al momento sto considerando questi
Ah I messed up there, I just copied the formatting from my old build, sorry.
Is this harddrive better for my build?