What Hard Drive should I buy for my DIY NAS?

Original Article:

The Backblaze Drive Stats for 2022

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[jeffnew]

Great video! I recently switched from shucking drives to buying manufacturer refurbished drives. In a couple of large Synology NASes, my failure rate on shucked drives (12TB and 14TB) has been roughly 50% over 3-4 years. I'd like to believe that the refurb drives have received extra attention from their manufacture. It's also pretty clear that external drives -- thus shucked drives -- are binned devices that don't pass the requirements to be used as internal drives. Lastly, refurbs are warrantied and cost significantly less than the same models new.

[jeffcloninger]

Nice work Alex! Big fan of yours from the JB podcasts. Fun to see you doing your own thing. At some point we'll need an updated post or video tour of your workspace. Mega-desk armada 2.5!

[kawker]

Great vid Alex and great to see you on YT mate. Looking forward to your Ansible content 😄

[marcc]

the only potential snag I see with shucking drives..is if you end up with an SMR drive. Since it's a gamble kinda what drive is inside be in SMR, CMR or PMR

[huntmanday]

Long time listener to the JB podcasts, super happy you’re on YouTube now!

[HAJ]

Great to see you here, a very good start all the best

[corneesmit]

The 3M's are quite interesting, never thought about it. Thanks!

[MrJackPL]

I had the same experience with Seagate drive failing it was 750GB data loss was a horrible experience (I was also studding this time). My disk was on warranty so I got a replacement unit after few weeks and here is drum roll Which failed exactly the same after week of working in my PC.... I got next replacement but promised myself never to buy Seagate again ...
I know that it might happen with WD that I'm currently using but my sorrow for Seagate persists still.
PS. Also I love your podcast Self-Hosted😁

[darkphotographer]

i have find that 1 or 2 tb drives last longer, i have some over 10 years, if drive is bad will fall in the first year, for most thing i have a backup i have a working server that power on 24 7 for my active project and plex, and i have my archive server that i power 4-5 times a year, just wen i need some stuff or dump once a year all the data i create in that year, and i have one more server that is the backup of the archive

[thecatofall]

Thats better then my ssd fail rate i had 5 ssds 4 of them no longer can write and before thst there speed was down 55% when that happens i back up the data and wait for them to die to buy another now i just run everything off of a naz

[rdsii]

I'm still waiting for price parity between SSD's and spinning rust. I can afford to put 20 terabyte hard drives in my media server. A 20 terabyte SSD cost more than my truck.

[lesfilanto]

Have you ever thought of having audio books of children's bedtime stories. SOOOTHING

[johnnyvvlog]

Meanwhile here I am buying only 4TB WD Red Pro hard disk for literally all my systems. I buy a couple of new ones a year and so far my total storage amount has only been growing. It also makes it super easy to replace a dead drive since they're all the same.

[FunctionGermany]

what if want to use different manufactures for drives but also create a ZFS vdev on each of them for redundancy? shouldn't drives in a redundant setup be as similar as possible or are speed (eg SATA 3) and capacity the only factors that should be the same?

[TedCorriveau]

You mentioned Unraid. I've been running Unraid for a few years now, similar to your experience with old/bad hard drives. Do you still use Unraid, or have you moved on to something more flexible? Love me some #Selfhosted

[UrielVentris]

ive never had a hdd fail. however ive had even nvmie drives fail or corrupt or not even work right most of those are qlc though. ssds are nice hdds as long as thier high end can be great, you just have to know thier limitations and use primocache and good ssds instead of crap ones to create a symbiosis that perfectly works for bolth.