nsan3 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Hi, So yeah, I found a Internal Enterprise HDD which has 14TB Storage and 512 MB Cache. It is the Western Digital Gold 14TB Enterprise (WD141KRYZ). Now I am not much familiar with the HDD domain, so I want to add this guy to my NAS collection and use it on a USB Enclosure. But can I use Enterprise HDDs for NAS or USB Enclosure usages? Please share your thoughts on the same. TIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsan3 Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share Posted November 17, 2019 How do you guys feel about Seagate Exos X16 16TB, are they good as well? Both WD-Gold and Seagate-Exos has 5-Year Warranty/2.5M Hours MTBF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlston Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Looks like it's fine for NAS. The smaller 4TB one is number 3 on TechRadar's list in this article... Best NAS hard drives of 2019: Network attached storage for small business and home office 14TB? I'm jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp68terr Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Noob in the NAS world; is there no limit (NAS side, firmware?) regarding the size of the HDD that can be used/connected/recognized inside the NAS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodo248 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 You can also check the WD Red/Red Pro NAS Hard Drive. Both are specifically designed for NAS systems, and both offer 14TB Storage and 512 MB Cache. The Red supports up to 8-bay systems, while the Red Pro supports up to 24-bay environments WD Store: Red Red Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsan3 Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share Posted November 17, 2019 7 hours ago, Karlston said: Looks like it's fine for NAS. The smaller 4TB one is number 3 on TechRadar's list in this article... Best NAS hard drives of 2019: Network attached storage for small business and home office 14TB? I'm jealous Lol, I am still saving up for this, will take some more months for me to be ready to shelve out the $$ :) Thanks for the suggestion buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsan3 Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share Posted November 17, 2019 2 hours ago, dodo248 said: You can also check the WD Red/Red Pro NAS Hard Drive. Both are specifically designed for NAS systems, and both offer 14TB Storage and 512 MB Cache. The Red supports up to 8-bay systems, while the Red Pro supports up to 24-bay environments WD Store: Red Red Pro Bro, this has been an eye-opener for me, I completely didn't know that the WD-Red also had 512MB Cache in them like the WD-Gold & WD-Ultrastar. So if it were upto, what would you go with :- 1) WD-Gold -> 14 TB, 512MB Cache, 5-Year Warranty (WD141KRYZ) 2) WD-Ultrastar -> 14 TB, 512MB Cache, 5-Year Warranty (0F31284) 2) WD-Red Pro -> 14 TB, 512MB Cache, 5-Year Warranty (WD141KFGX) 3) Seagate Exos X16 -> 16 TB, 256MB Cache, 5-Year Warranty (ST16000NM001G) Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodo248 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Well I prefer WD to Seagate in general. I'd say both the Gold & the Red Pro are on the top of my list, and the differences between them are negligible. Here's a quick comparison of the two from a Reddit thread Also check the below pages; they have reviews and usage-case scenarios for both drives from professionals https://www.ixsystems.com/community/threads/hard-drives-wd-gold-vs-wd-red-pro.44008/ https://nascompares.com/wd-red-pro-vs-wd-gold/ https://www.faceofit.com/wd-red-vs-wd-gold-vs-wd-se/ Hope this helps 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsan3 Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share Posted November 17, 2019 4 hours ago, dodo248 said: Well I prefer WD to Seagate in general. I'd say both the Gold & the Red Pro are on the top of my list, and the differences between them are negligible. Here's a quick comparison of the two from a Reddit thread Also check the below pages; they have reviews and usage-case scenarios for both drives from professionals https://www.ixsystems.com/community/threads/hard-drives-wd-gold-vs-wd-red-pro.44008/ https://nascompares.com/wd-red-pro-vs-wd-gold/ https://www.faceofit.com/wd-red-vs-wd-gold-vs-wd-se/ Hope this helps 😊 Thank you buddy, this helps a ton :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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