Hey all,
I know I have posted before about backup storage for video, but what I'm looking to purchase now is strictly to be used as a work volume, so I figure it deserves its own thread.
I'm looking to buy an 8-drive RAID 5 volume. I've pretty much settled on this enclosure, unless anyone has a better suggestion.
My main concern is over which is the best hard drive that fits within my budget. I think I've narrowed it down to two: Hitachi Deskstar 3TB and Western Digital Red. Unfortunately, the Hitachi Ultrastar drives do not fit within my budget.
Seagate is off the list because it seems their warranties have dwindled to only one year, and both of these offer 3-year warranties. For the last couple years I've been working on three separate internal hard drives - all Hitachi Deskstars (2x 3TB and 1x 2TB). I've been extremely happy with them. No faults or errors, and they're silent and fast.
However I'm also considering the WD Red for it being NAS-optimized. I know the drives are slower at 5400rpm, but given that I've been working off single drives to date, an 8-drive RAID 5 should be far and away faster regardless of whether the drives spin at 7200rpm or 5400rpm. Right? Most of the footage I edit is only 720p, and at the very most I'd be editing a 3-camera 1080p project.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! And as a side note... it's really depressing how much more drives cost these days... the Hitachi's are currently going for $45 more than I paid over a year ago.
EDIT: While the (3) reviews on B&H for the WD Red were good, looks like there are lots of reports on Newegg saying there are severe quality control problems with them now. Maybe I just answered my own question...
I know I have posted before about backup storage for video, but what I'm looking to purchase now is strictly to be used as a work volume, so I figure it deserves its own thread.
I'm looking to buy an 8-drive RAID 5 volume. I've pretty much settled on this enclosure, unless anyone has a better suggestion.
My main concern is over which is the best hard drive that fits within my budget. I think I've narrowed it down to two: Hitachi Deskstar 3TB and Western Digital Red. Unfortunately, the Hitachi Ultrastar drives do not fit within my budget.
Seagate is off the list because it seems their warranties have dwindled to only one year, and both of these offer 3-year warranties. For the last couple years I've been working on three separate internal hard drives - all Hitachi Deskstars (2x 3TB and 1x 2TB). I've been extremely happy with them. No faults or errors, and they're silent and fast.
However I'm also considering the WD Red for it being NAS-optimized. I know the drives are slower at 5400rpm, but given that I've been working off single drives to date, an 8-drive RAID 5 should be far and away faster regardless of whether the drives spin at 7200rpm or 5400rpm. Right? Most of the footage I edit is only 720p, and at the very most I'd be editing a 3-camera 1080p project.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! And as a side note... it's really depressing how much more drives cost these days... the Hitachi's are currently going for $45 more than I paid over a year ago.
EDIT: While the (3) reviews on B&H for the WD Red were good, looks like there are lots of reports on Newegg saying there are severe quality control problems with them now. Maybe I just answered my own question...
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