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I have a Synology 1512+ NAS and it currently has 2 WD Caviar Black 2TB in RAID-0.
Right now, I have about 800GB free and so I need to get more drives for the NAS. There are 3 slots available so I was thinking I should just buy 3 more Caviar Blacks (2TB) and call it a day.
Those HDDs can be had for ~ $180 per drive and so for 3 it's around $540 + taxes. I guess I get 6TB for that but since I mostly store stuff in there (videos, movies, music, and pictures), I'm not sure I want to drop nearly $1k for drives to store stuff on. I already spent $440 for 2 of them since when I bought them a few months ago, each Caviar Black 2TB was ~ $220 a pop.
The Seagate Barracuda 2TB (same 64MB cache & 7200RPM platter drives) are $106 a pop! Why are the Caviar Blacks $74 more than the Seagates? I've heard some bad rep for Seagate but are they really that bad? I mean, if all I want to do is store data on there, is the price delta commensurate to the performance delta (if any)? On paper, both the Barracuda 2TB and the Caviar Black 2TB seem to be identical. What's the secret sauce to the Caviar Black?
Would appreciate advice on this. I usually go for the more expensive one just to feel safe but at the same time, I don't want to feel retarded for paying $222 more for the same $hit.
Thanks.
Right now, I have about 800GB free and so I need to get more drives for the NAS. There are 3 slots available so I was thinking I should just buy 3 more Caviar Blacks (2TB) and call it a day.
Those HDDs can be had for ~ $180 per drive and so for 3 it's around $540 + taxes. I guess I get 6TB for that but since I mostly store stuff in there (videos, movies, music, and pictures), I'm not sure I want to drop nearly $1k for drives to store stuff on. I already spent $440 for 2 of them since when I bought them a few months ago, each Caviar Black 2TB was ~ $220 a pop.
The Seagate Barracuda 2TB (same 64MB cache & 7200RPM platter drives) are $106 a pop! Why are the Caviar Blacks $74 more than the Seagates? I've heard some bad rep for Seagate but are they really that bad? I mean, if all I want to do is store data on there, is the price delta commensurate to the performance delta (if any)? On paper, both the Barracuda 2TB and the Caviar Black 2TB seem to be identical. What's the secret sauce to the Caviar Black?
Would appreciate advice on this. I usually go for the more expensive one just to feel safe but at the same time, I don't want to feel retarded for paying $222 more for the same $hit.
Thanks.