jimzak wrote: > Thanks again to all who offered me help. > > On a related note, what type of hard drive should I get for my new > enclosure situation? > > Should I get a "Red" NAS specific drive or go with perhaps cheaper > "Green" drives that offer energy savings with lower RPM (the "Red" > drives do too)? > > Here's a sample "Red" drive on sale at Tiger.com: > > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3580092&CatId=139 > > Here's a sample "Green" drive: > > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=940885&CatId=4357 > > Any thoughts on this? I realize a slower drive may also backup slower > but for the main purpose of these drives, serving music files, a fast HD > is probably not needed. > > Thanks. Hope you're having a decent holiday season. > > Jim
That would depend on your personal preferences but I would go for WD Red. That drive can spin at higher speeds which makes the drive more robust. 1 x SB3, 1 x SB Boom, 1 x SB Radio and 2 x SB Touch - all wireless 1 x Wandboard behind the bedroom ceiling ReadyNAS NVX running LMS 7.7.3. w iTunes plugin iPeng 7 on iPhone. SqueezePad & iPeng 7 on iPad. http://www.last.fm/user/phibon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pascal Hibon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7969 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100561 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
