James,
I understand completely. I went to NAS because I chose not to
build out (now) 2 retired machines.
From my reads, the WD-Red drives are a good choicefor reliability.
I have to admit that the '3TB' drives are causing concern and some
restrictions in the 'NAS' community also!
I don't have that much 'stuff' to deal with. LOL!
I still run 500GB drive pairs.
I never got into streaming whatever, audio/video storage.
My apologies.
Duncan
On 10/29/2012 22:23, James Maki wrote:
Duncan,
I have a Windows 7 system up and running with two Sans Digital external
Enclosures and 5 unused SATA connections on the motherboard. To expand my
disk storage will only be the cost of the drives. A NAS enclosure would be a
great additional cost. It's just economics. If I was starting from scratch,
I would give a NAS a second look.
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware-
[email protected]] On Behalf Of DSinc
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 7:19 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [H] Using 3 TB Drives
James,
Do you have some fear to buying/running a NAS product? Well, other than
initial cost? Yes, I accept that most of the current offers run some form
of
Linux. Igive 'open source' an awful lot of cred now. 'Their Linux' is
really
pretty solid. At the very least, it talks to my installed drives and back
to
Windows as a full Windows client.
Of course your needs may be different.
I fully accept re-using and regenerating old stuff to new purpose.
I accept this. And, this has nothing to do with the WD-Red's.
Even Netgear/Readynas seems to be in love withthese new drives.
I can not buy my normal drives for my 3 NAS. They are no longer available
at
'reasonable' prices. I may choose WD-Red's in a 1GB size for my NAS's.
This
purchase will take place upon any current drive failure, or, 2013 early.
Just wondering?
Duncan
On 10/29/2012 21:52, James Maki wrote:
Jason,
Thanks for the real world experience. Hope that NewEgg doesn't up the
price on the 3 TB before I can order
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware-
[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Chue
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 6:35 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [H] Using 3 TB Drives
The HP Microserver that I'm using these 3TB drives on does not
support EFI/UEFI. In fact, HP officially says the Microserver only
supports 2TB
drives.
No problems whatsoever.
On 30 Oct 2012 03:08, "James Maki" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
As a follow-up on my question regarding WD Red drives in a software
RAID vs.
NAS, I am trying to decipher the ins and outs of 3 TB drives. As far
as I can figure out, 3 TB drives will always work with 64 bit
Windows
7 as data drives, but to boot from a 3 TB the motherboard MUST
support an EFI/UEFI BIOS. So, it would seem that I could RAID 4 or 5
3 TB drives in Windows 7 Professional on an older (circa 2011)
Gigabyte Motherboard that does not state that it supports EFI/UEFI for
data.
Any warnings or caveats on this idea? Am I missing any important
points that would destroy my vision? I guess I waited too long on
the 2tb Reds. They were $119.99 over the weekend and then jumped to
$159.99 at NewEgg today.
The 3tb remain at $179.99. So 2tb at $80/gig vs. the 3 tb at $60/gig.
Still
disappointed that I didn't buy a bunch of Samsung 2tb before the
floods and price increases last year. The last one I purchased was
$70 for 2tb and had a 3 year warranty vs. the new Seagate branded
Samsung's 1 year warranty costing $130.
Thanks to those who responded to my initial WD Red post regarding
utilizing WD Reds in a software RAID vs. NAS.
Jim Maki
[email protected]
