4TB Hard drive $100 at Fry's

[klasipca]

Is this any good for NVR use? I know there are NVR specific Hard drives, but those are $150 for same capacity.

http://www.frys.com/product/6943757?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

 

[nayr]

yeah those will be fine, Ive got a bunch of 6tb ones in my NAS.. they are comparable to a WD RED but a bit faster.. WD owns HGST now, they just finished merging..

 

[JMartin]

Anytime you can get down to around $25 per Terrabyte... it's a pretty good deal.
Yeah, they're not WD Purples, but still... at least it's not a Seagate.

Just my $.02.
Jim

 

[klasipca]

Yeah, all my drives are WD and they held up pretty well. Picking up a few of these.

 

[JMartin]

For what it's worth... 3TB WD Reds on sale, today only (Shell Shocker), $99.99
I have 12 of these in my Plex setup.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236344

 

[klasipca]

For what it's worth... 3TB WD Reds on sale, today only (Shell Shocker), $99.99
I have 12 of these in my Plex setup.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9VH3RH9221

Didn't realize that WD switch to new style of Hard Drives

 

[JMartin]

The Reds are designed for NAS and Servers, where 24/7 and heavy read/write (mostly read) are common.
The Purples are aimed at the Surveillance market.
I run some redundant drives in mine. (RAID - Shmaid... it's JBOD for me).

 

[klasipca]

I guess you didn't click on the link you posted.

 

[tonie]

HDD speed 5400RPM is ok?

 

[bp2008]

HGST brand has a good track record for reliability. Good deal.

 

[JMartin]

I guess you didn't click on the link you posted.

Ugh... Sometimes I can be quite the idiot:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236344

[Corrected in previous post also - Thanx]

 

[LeeH]

I have the Reds in my NAS, which now mostly write 1.5TB/week since I caught the IP cam bug.

Are theses likely to fail prematurely?

i presume the purples are designed to write a lot then?

 

[nayr]

no reds are not likely fail any sooner..

purples prioritize writes so you dont drop frames on recording, and have power management, queueing, and other specific firmware optimizations designed for video use.. unless you got alot of cameras you will be unlikely to tangibly see any of these benefits.

these HGST Deskstars are better than WD Reds, and Reds are great.. the 7200rpm spindle speed is quite noticeable, especially in a raid when speeds start compounding.

The problem is the green economy/efficiency lines, those have aggressive power management and constant surveillance use is far too abusive.

 

[klasipca]

Been rocking on couple of these. So far so good. Great deal!

 

[stoney7713]

Knock on wood, I've never had a WD drive fail. I'm still rocking a set of Raptors in Raid 0 from 2003. Ran hard in a gaming PC for years 24/7 operation still glitch free. Though they have been retired as an X drive last year, used as whatever storage now.

 

[Larebear]

Great price but unfortunately it's an in-store pickup only. Closest Fry's store to my location is about 300 miles away. :sad2: