WD Red - don't buy the wrong one!: https://www.servethehome.com/wd-red-smr-vs-cmr-tested-avoid-red-smr/
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Good Powered External Hard Drive recommendations (Not Seagate please)
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How is the fan noise? Can it be placed on the desk? I imagine four M.2 SSD's get preeetty hot.I won't buy HD ever again. I did buy this for new SSD.
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Don't buy any WD/SanDisk external SSDs though:
WD refused to answer our questions about its self-wiping SanDisk SSDs
Oh, and it’s also getting sued.
www.theverge.com
Western Digital denies hardware flaws in SanDisk SSDs – Blocks and Files
Western Digital has issued a firmware update to address failing SSDs, but a data recovery specialist suspects underlying hardware problems.
blocksandfiles.com
Oh wow! I indeed did not know! Reading right now. I never ever had a single problem with mine, mine surely are the CMR versions. So I edited my recommendation, thanks for the info!
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Ironwolves and other similar enterprise/NAS drives like WD reds run hotter so it probably cooked inside that TC.
Toshiba is part of WD now.
So there's only two.
Anyways all drives fail so redundancy is key, aside from outliers like that particular seagate 3TB model that failed like crazy back in the days. There's the classic backup rule: 3 copies of data, two separate media and one offsite at the minimum for anything you care about.
My main backup is a WD drive and it's replicated to 2x seagate drives.
YikesDon't buy any WD/SanDisk external SSDs though:
WD refused to answer our questions about its self-wiping SanDisk SSDs
Oh, and it’s also getting sued.Western Digital denies hardware flaws in SanDisk SSDs – Blocks and Files
Western Digital has issued a firmware update to address failing SSDs, but a data recovery specialist suspects underlying hardware problems.
For a platter-based HDD, Toshiba or HGST.
Either 2.5" or 3.5" format (depends on what fits inside the Time Capsule).
Or... use it with an external enclosure. You might want one with an external "power block" as well.
or...
An SSD of your choice. Either a 2.5" SATA (would this fit right inside the Time Capsule?), or perhaps a "pre-assembled" drive like the Samsung t7 "shield".
How many Macs (and WHAT KIND of Macs) are you backing up?
Might a smaller dedicated drive for each of them work better?
Either 2.5" or 3.5" format (depends on what fits inside the Time Capsule).
Or... use it with an external enclosure. You might want one with an external "power block" as well.
or...
An SSD of your choice. Either a 2.5" SATA (would this fit right inside the Time Capsule?), or perhaps a "pre-assembled" drive like the Samsung t7 "shield".
How many Macs (and WHAT KIND of Macs) are you backing up?
Might a smaller dedicated drive for each of them work better?
Thanks to all who replied. I'm leaning away from connecting anything to the Airport (seems like there could be compatibility issues) so back to deciding between opening it up again & replacing the drive, or just going with external USB drives for both computers.
I appreciate all of the replies and the direction they've guided me.
I appreciate all of the replies and the direction they've guided me.
Yes, you can put whatever you want in the enclosure, the point is to being able to access the disk easily if needed. In any case, given that it's for a backup use case, it does not matter much the speed. I would rather prefer cheap + big + slow (to have more historical data) than expensive + small + fast.I won't buy HD ever again. I did buy this for new SSD.
OWC Express 4M2: DIY Four-Slot USB4 NVMe M.2 SSD Enclosure
Build a desktop high-performance RAID with your choice of NVMe M.2 SSDs and get up to 3200MB/s performance with USB4, Thunderbolt, and USB-C Macs and PCs.
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I know there was a planned sale to WD, but I thought that fell through/was never completed.
According to this article from March, Toshiba is the third-largest global maker of HDDs, making up 20% of the market in 2022.
Toshiba's $15B buyout won't affect storage businesses | TechTarget
Toshiba is going private after accepting a $15 billion buyout, stabilizing the company and likely having little effect on its HDD and flash memory businesses.
I would get a known brand like Crucial or WD Blue SATA SSD. It "should" be plug and play, only thing is that these drives are 2.5" form factor and won't neatly fit/mount like the 3.5"(there are brackets to convert 2.5 to 3.5 but I wouldn't bother), but as the Timecapsule won't be moving around I think it's okay to let it sit in the compartment as is. I've been thinking about doing this to my Timecapsule but haven't had the time to do the operation yet. If you need larger than 2TB then you will need to use a nvme drive and a sata to nvme adapter, something like this:
sata to nvme adapter
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Thank you! That was super helpful. Sounds like the conversion to SSD wouldn't be too bad. I appreciate the explanation of what would be needed and the link to the name driver & the adapter. I think I may end up going this route. It's nice having everything self contained in the Airport & with the SSD it won't make any noise (like the HD did). Tnks again for the h
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This is a 4 TB WD Blue SATA drive. I'm assuming I could use this without the need for the name to sata adapter, but wanted to double check here first, as I don't really know the ins & outs of this:
Western Digital 4TB WD Blue SA510 SATA Internal Solid State Drive SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm, Up to 560 MB/s - WDS400T3B0A
Breathe new life into your PC so you can push your work further and grow your creative potential. Designed specifically for professionals, creatives, freelancers, social influencers, and other passionate content creators and editors, the WD Blue SA510 SATA SSD helps boost your PC’s performance so...
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If this does work, as a follow up question, would it make sense to get something like this rather than an name drive & adapter, or better to get the name, or it doesn't really matter?
Thanks in advance.
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yup, to replace the time capsule internal drive. Thanks for the confirmation.
