04-21-2020, 09:46 AM
Hello,
I currently own a QNAP TS-453Mini 8GB (original version) w/ 4x 4TB WD Red Pro (64MB cache) HDD's (all bought in 2016)
1 of HDD's failed this week and I'm looking to replace it ASAP.
I was looking at the 4TB WD Red Pro vs the 4TB WD Gold vs the 4TB Seagate Ironwolf Pro HDD's.
I'd need some advice on the following:
- Can I mix HDD brands (i.e. 2x Seagate + 2x WD Red Pros)
- Can I mix HDD's with different cache sizes? (Red Pro 64MB vs Gold 256 MB, or even Ironwolf Pro 128MB vs Red Pro 64MB, and so on)
- Considering the recent SRM issues, are the WD Gold and Ironwolf models bound to be affected?
- Is the WD Gold worth it for a 4bay NAS?
All three drives are nearly at the same price right now, so that's not an issue. It's more on reliability.
I replaced one of my drives 1.5 yrs ago already and now a 2nd one failed this week. That's 2 of the original WD Red Pro's in less than 4 years. Add the emerging SRM issues affecting WD 2TB-6TB HDD's...
Thanks in advance!
I currently own a QNAP TS-453Mini 8GB (original version) w/ 4x 4TB WD Red Pro (64MB cache) HDD's (all bought in 2016)
1 of HDD's failed this week and I'm looking to replace it ASAP.
I was looking at the 4TB WD Red Pro vs the 4TB WD Gold vs the 4TB Seagate Ironwolf Pro HDD's.
I'd need some advice on the following:
- Can I mix HDD brands (i.e. 2x Seagate + 2x WD Red Pros)
- Can I mix HDD's with different cache sizes? (Red Pro 64MB vs Gold 256 MB, or even Ironwolf Pro 128MB vs Red Pro 64MB, and so on)
- Considering the recent SRM issues, are the WD Gold and Ironwolf models bound to be affected?
- Is the WD Gold worth it for a 4bay NAS?
All three drives are nearly at the same price right now, so that's not an issue. It's more on reliability.
I replaced one of my drives 1.5 yrs ago already and now a 2nd one failed this week. That's 2 of the original WD Red Pro's in less than 4 years. Add the emerging SRM issues affecting WD 2TB-6TB HDD's...
Thanks in advance!