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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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:Always had good experiences with WD just personally
Did you miss the whole SMR debacle?WD RED, period
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!Did you miss the whole SMR debacle?
Ironwolves and other similar enterprise/NAS drives like WD reds run hotter so it probably cooked inside that TC.Dang it. I don't know what the first drive was (it was whatever came in the Airport) but the replacement was a Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD. Of course I bought it Aug 13, 2020, so just outside of the warranty period.
But that's good to know, thanks for the reply.
Toshiba is part of WD now.Toshiba is three.
There are three HDD manufacturers left.
YikesDon't buy any WD/SanDisk external SSDs though:
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WD refused to answer our questions about its self-wiping SanDisk SSDs
Oh, and it’s also getting sued.www.theverge.com
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Western Digital denies hardware flaws in SanDisk SSDs – Blocks and Files
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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.
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Toshiba is part of WD now.
So there's only two.
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:I have thought about it, but I'm not sure what type drive I would need (to be more specific, what SSD would physically fit fit into the Time Capsule enclosure & interface with the plug that is already in there). Opening the Time Capsule wasn't that bad, and I wouldn't mind doing it again ti move to an SSD. Not sure what a nvme drive is, but I'll google that.
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 hI 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
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
yup, to replace the time capsule internal drive. Thanks for the confirmation.To replace the internal HDD in the timecapsule? should work great and improve performance/reliability too
I like the idea of a SATA native drive than a janky adapter for that purpose too