Hello @all,
After 2 years of happily using my virtualized FreeNAS setup with my 6x 4TB WD-Reds, I will soon run out of storage. :(
Therefore I'm looking for a replacement (Z1-setup). I live in Germany and came across an amazing black weekend deal:
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (ST8000VN0022) for 230 € per drive
This is quite a nice price per GB-ratio.
Compared to the WD-Red 8TB the Seagate IronWolfs are slightly louder (32dB vs 29dB) and consume more power (9.0W vs 6.4W) but have more cache to offer (256MB vs 128MB).
Has anyone gathered some experience with this drive? And if not what do you think about using it in a NAS setup?
After 2 years of happily using my virtualized FreeNAS setup with my 6x 4TB WD-Reds, I will soon run out of storage. :(
Therefore I'm looking for a replacement (Z1-setup). I live in Germany and came across an amazing black weekend deal:
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (ST8000VN0022) for 230 € per drive
This is quite a nice price per GB-ratio.
Compared to the WD-Red 8TB the Seagate IronWolfs are slightly louder (32dB vs 29dB) and consume more power (9.0W vs 6.4W) but have more cache to offer (256MB vs 128MB).
Has anyone gathered some experience with this drive? And if not what do you think about using it in a NAS setup?
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