Are Toshiba 5TB drives OK for NAS?

[Pheran]

I was originally planning to go with HGST 4TB NAS drives for my 8-drive FreeNAS build, but I'm seeing some attractive prices on Toshiba 5TB drives, model PH3500U-1I72. But this drive isn't advertised as a NAS drive. Has anyone tried these, and do you folks thinks they would be OK to use in a FreeNAS build (RAIDZ2)?

 

[mattbbpl]

I was originally planning to go with HGST 4TB NAS drives for my 8-drive FreeNAS build, but I'm seeing some attractive prices on Toshiba 5TB drives, model PH3500U-1I72. But this drive isn't advertised as a NAS drive. Has anyone tried these, and do you folks thinks they would be OK to use in a FreeNAS build (RAIDZ2)?

I don't see why they'd be a problem. Drives to steer clear of, at least to my knowledge, are WD Purple drives (used for streaming video and prioritize performance over integrity) WD Greens (if you don't want to or know how to WDIdle them), and, perhaps, the Archive drives which use SMR technology and thus incur a significant write penalty during large writes.

Here's a build that uses them. Knowledge users were involved in that thread without raising eyebrows.
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/advice-on-this-8-drive-build.30327/

 

[mattbbpl]

Please note: My previous comment is based on this being a HOME NAS installation.

 

[gpsguy]

Take a look at this thread - https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/does-this-hd-sound-normal.35305/#post-213987

Some users have found they are louder than other drives and might may a clicking sound.

 

[Pheran]

Thank you for linking to that thread, that could be really annoying. I was already leery about using a non-NAS drive so I think I'm just going to avoid these even through the price is very tempting.

I used to have old Hitachi drives in my desktop that would make "meow" sounds which was rather amusing but also a little annoying.

 

[DrKK]

I agree the price on those 5TB Toshibas is very, very juicy. But, as always in life, there's always some reason.

 

[Robert Trevellyan]

WD Purple drives (used for streaming video and prioritize performance over integrity)

AV drives such as WD Purples only prioritize performance over integrity when ATA streaming commands are used, which ZFS isn't going to do.

 

[mattbbpl]

AV drives such as WD Purples only prioritize performance over integrity when ATA streaming commands are used, which ZFS isn't going to do.

Ah, I didn't know that. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Pheran]

Ignoring the noise issue for a moment, can anyone confirm whether or not these drives have TLER/ERC support?

 

[DrKK]

Ignoring the noise issue for a moment, can anyone confirm whether or not these drives have TLER/ERC support?

It would seem to appear, assuming this is the same model, that it does? http://www.theghostbit.com/2015/04/receiving-my-new-hard-drive-toshiba-5tb.html

 

[Pheran]

It would seem to appear, assuming this is the same model, that it does? http://www.theghostbit.com/2015/04/receiving-my-new-hard-drive-toshiba-5tb.html

Tycoonbob just confirmed that they at least appear to support TLER. It's not relevant for me anymore since I just went all-in on HGST NAS because of the Newegg Business sale, but it may help someone else's decision.