2012-08-28, 22:58
(2012-08-28, 18:06)KraziJoe Wrote:(2012-08-28, 09:25)jaochoo Wrote: What makes a drive a NAS drive vs. a Desktop drive?
Marketing.
I was going to say that also. WD puts a lot of $ into its marketing
(2012-08-28, 18:06)KraziJoe Wrote:(2012-08-28, 09:25)jaochoo Wrote: What makes a drive a NAS drive vs. a Desktop drive?
Marketing.
(2012-08-29, 00:19)ArieS Wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong but an advantage that I see would be that the Red is always on.
Right now with the Green, my problem is while browsing my library the disks have to 'wake up' so the library becomes non responsive for a few seconds for each drives. This is pretty annoying if you have several drives.
So the Red drives wouldn't behave like that, correct?
(2012-08-29, 00:44)Arkitket Wrote: In terms of of a HTPC with a SSD for OS and a HDD for Media, would a Red be better than a Green if the HTPC is always going to be on or in standby/sleep?
(2012-08-28, 18:06)KraziJoe Wrote:(2012-08-28, 09:25)jaochoo Wrote: What makes a drive a NAS drive vs. a Desktop drive?
Marketing.
(2012-08-29, 01:08)assassin Wrote:Hmmm, reading the reviews, it looks like the Red is superior to the Green in every category you listed, besides cost. And it will consume less power so the cost shouldn't be 1:1...(2012-08-29, 00:19)ArieS Wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong but an advantage that I see would be that the Red is always on.
Right now with the Green, my problem is while browsing my library the disks have to 'wake up' so the library becomes non responsive for a few seconds for each drives. This is pretty annoying if you have several drives.
So the Red drives wouldn't behave like that, correct?
I actually prefer this. I don't want a server with 10 drives spinning at full speed 24-7 simply because I don't want to wait for a few seconds.
Saves on wear, heat, noise, cost, etc. I have 2 seconds to spare for that.
(2012-08-29, 09:37)Beer40oz Wrote: Wondering if the WDIdle3 to stop the parking of the head is required for them or not?What's that? I have a WD20EARX but so far (until I can start building) I only use it in an external enclosure to fill it with media. It's basically running since a month now 24/7 downloading binaries from the Usenet and I didn't have any issues. Nevertheless, would like to know what that WDIdle3 is and if I could run into any issues..
(2012-08-29, 10:09)jaochoo Wrote: What's that? I have a WD20EARX but so far (until I can start building) I only use it in an external enclosure to fill it with media. It's basically running since a month now 24/7 downloading binaries from the Usenet and I didn't have any issues. Nevertheless, would like to know what that WDIdle3 is and if I could run into any issues..
(2012-08-29, 09:37)Beer40oz Wrote: Wondering if the WDIdle3 to stop the parking of the head is required for them or not?Yes...!! I just bought two of them this past week to add to my new unRAID build and the WDIdle3 will work to disable the drive-park timer! NewEgg had them for $94 a piece.
Thanx...
(2012-08-29, 07:30)ArieS Wrote:(2012-08-29, 01:08)assassin Wrote:Hmmm, reading the reviews, it looks like the Red is superior to the Green in every category you listed, besides cost. And it will consume less power so the cost shouldn't be 1:1...(2012-08-29, 00:19)ArieS Wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong but an advantage that I see would be that the Red is always on.
Right now with the Green, my problem is while browsing my library the disks have to 'wake up' so the library becomes non responsive for a few seconds for each drives. This is pretty annoying if you have several drives.
So the Red drives wouldn't behave like that, correct?
I actually prefer this. I don't want a server with 10 drives spinning at full speed 24-7 simply because I don't want to wait for a few seconds.
Saves on wear, heat, noise, cost, etc. I have 2 seconds to spare for that.