MenhirMike
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Normally, I'd prefer NAS Drives like the WD Red and Seagate Ironwolf (their respective non-pro versions with slower spindles), however I just noticed that Seagate has a 2.5" drive with up to 5 TB (at 15mm height).
These have similar stats as lower end NAS drives (that is, a 10e-14 error rate - only the 6+ TB IronWolf seem to have 10e-15), but with better power draw (1.2A on 5V on startup, compared to 1.5-2.0A on 12V for 3.5" drives, 2.1W average write power draw, compared to 5-8W on 3.5" drives).
In short: These 2.5" Seagate BarraCuda drives look really interesting, and are priced similarly to 3.5" WD Red/Seagate Ironwolf drives.
But: They aren't advertised for NAS. This mainly seems to mean a shorter warranty (2 years, compared to 3 years on WD Red and IronWolf) and I assume no vibration reduction/syncing with other drives (which seems not to be a big deal for 2.5" drives anyway). I haven't found a proper answer if those BarraCudas support ERC though, which seems like it would be very desireable to have.
Sadly, 2.5" WD Red only go up to 1 TB, and Seagate doesn't have any 2.5" IronWolf drives.
So I wonder: Does anyone have experience with 2.5" BarraCuda drives in a NAS?
These have similar stats as lower end NAS drives (that is, a 10e-14 error rate - only the 6+ TB IronWolf seem to have 10e-15), but with better power draw (1.2A on 5V on startup, compared to 1.5-2.0A on 12V for 3.5" drives, 2.1W average write power draw, compared to 5-8W on 3.5" drives).
In short: These 2.5" Seagate BarraCuda drives look really interesting, and are priced similarly to 3.5" WD Red/Seagate Ironwolf drives.
But: They aren't advertised for NAS. This mainly seems to mean a shorter warranty (2 years, compared to 3 years on WD Red and IronWolf) and I assume no vibration reduction/syncing with other drives (which seems not to be a big deal for 2.5" drives anyway). I haven't found a proper answer if those BarraCudas support ERC though, which seems like it would be very desireable to have.
Sadly, 2.5" WD Red only go up to 1 TB, and Seagate doesn't have any 2.5" IronWolf drives.
So I wonder: Does anyone have experience with 2.5" BarraCuda drives in a NAS?