Unless you're in a big hurry, you might consider waiting a bit. We should start to see the new 3.5" Toshiba drives, built using (former) Hitachi technology by (former) Hitachi employees in (former) Hitachi factories (spun off as part of regulatory approval for WDC to purchase Hitachi's storage assets--score 1 for consumer protection for once), enter the sales channel. These are expected to be a continuation of the revered 5K3000 and 7K3000 lines--which means that they should operate perfectly in RAID and they should be cost effective.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary Udstrand Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 11:29 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: [H] Synology DS1512+ and WD Red drives I am about to take the plunge and replace my current NAS with a DS1512+ from Synology. I am aware of the issues they had with restarts but they supposedly have found the issue (bad flash RAM) and fixed the issue. I plan on populating it using the new WD Red (3TB) drives. I have seen mention that the price on the drives is ~180-190 but the prices I have seen are a lot more than that, times 5 it gets to be a fair chunk of change. I have seem them at NewEgg of $260 and Amazon for $230 (when they had them). NewEgg also had a limit of two. So, does anyone know of any place I can get 5 of these for a decent price? I want reliability and I think these are the best drives available for that, would love to hear any thoughts on my selections too. It is a lot of money for a NAS and I want to make sure that I am making the right choice. Thanks! -- Gary http://www.twigsandtracks.com Twigs snap and tracks fade, a photograph reacquaints Twigs and Tracks Blog Superior Sunrise<http://blog.twigsandtracks.com/2012/03/08/superior-sunrise/?utm_sour ce=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=superior-sunrise>
