Pardon my ignorance, but what is the speed of the 2 4TB WD Red NAS drives, 5400 or 7200? Thanks.
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Neither. The rate is between 5400 and 7200 rpm. WD has a new Technology called Intellipower, which basically allows the drive to adust its rotation based on what type of data call is being made to it. Something to think about is that these drives sleep. If you aren't making any calls to the drive, they aren't spinning, so it can take a moment (how ever long a moment is) to spin up; however, once they spinup they can handle anything you want to throw at them. I absolutely love my WD My Cloud EX2 and the WD Red drives.
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The HDD speed doesn't matter as this product will eventually corrupt the drive.(5400 rpm IIRC)
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Yes and no, I have two of them (2TB and 4TB), the 2TB is 7200 but the 4TB is 5900. It appears all of them are 7200 except for the 4TB.The models of the actual (internal) drives are ST2000DM001 and ST4000DM000. In case you want to google some more.
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WD says that greens will work and nothing else. I have a feeling that has to do with the lower power consumption. I have heard horror stories about green drives and WD software has said my drives have gone bad, but the drives read and write just fine. I love the raid setup and dont know why anyone else hasn't continued this setup at this price point ( I bought mine used for a little less than $100)
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Not sure about color but you want the fastest RPM's 7200 or more drive possible for large file transfers. If you have lots of files you may want ot consider high storage deives that offer up to 5-6 TB per device. I have two of these 3TB drives in by NAS in a raid 1 configure and sore lots of multi media files about 50GB of video movies
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Possibly - depending on several factors. Data size would be one. The other factor would be what NAS you have and what the data rate (throughput) is. Most manufacturers don't publish this beyond interface speed, but you may be able to find benchmarks on the web.I replaced 2 WD Green drives with three of these and added a mSATA accelerator to my Drobo 5N and it was a marked improvement. In this case the mSATA was likely most responsible for the boost.Short answer - the Green drives are 5400 variable speed while this drive is 5900. I doubt you would see any detriment over a 7200 drive in general use. Possibly - depending on several factors. Data size would be one. The other factor would be what NAS you have and what the data rate (throughput) is. Most manufacturers don't publish this beyond interface speed, but you may be able to find benchmarks on the web.I replaced 2 WD Green drives with three of these and added a mSATA accelerator to my Drobo 5N and it was a marked improvement. In this case the mSATA was likely most responsible for the boost.Short answer - the Green drives are 5400 variable speed while this drive is 5900. I doubt you would see any detriment over a... » Read More Possibly - depending on several factors. Data size would be one. The other factor would be what NAS you have and what the data rate (throughput) is. Most manufacturers don't publish this beyond interface speed, but you may be able to find benchmarks on the web.I replaced 2 WD Green drives with three of these and added a mSATA accelerator to my Drobo 5N and it was a marked improvement. In this case the mSATA was likely most responsible for the boost.Short answer - the Green drives are 5400 variable speed while this drive is 5900. I doubt you would see any detriment over a 7200 drive in general use. « Show Less
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The WD Red can be used as a standard drive. The WD Red is a standard SATA drive optimized for NAS operation, but it will work just like any other hard drive.
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A 7200 rpm hard drive will run at said speed as a 5400 rpm hdd will run at 5400 rpm. The higher the rpm, the faster the drive.
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Absolutely. there are always SOME weird motherboards and some NAS's that don't like certain HDD's, so it isn't guaranteed, but it's a real nice, solid, good working drive. Read some reviews on it. In RAID 0, by the way, you can make up for the 5400 RPM and make these things scream and still have the low heat, low power consumption.
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4TB drive is the fastest of the bunch since it has more platters than the 2TB or 1TB version. So if you are looking for the fastest non-SSD drive out there, it would be the 4TB version of the WD Black.
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I would buy it diskless. You are assured of getting the drives you want. Some commented that they got WD Green drives with a filled unit. I disagree with John Russo here, I have never seen a NAS that was a better deal when bought as a filled unit.
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I'm a big fan of NAS hard drives Usually used for network storage because of there toughness they still work just fine for desktop computer. They tend to last longer than a desktop HD and generally come with a better warranty. That being said I would get this WD hard drive it should more than meet your needs and is well priced. WD Red 1TB NAS Desktop Hard Disk Drive - Intellipower SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD10EFRX
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WD only makes two versions of the 320gb in 2.5"7200 rpm with a 16mb buffer and a5400 rpm with a 8mb bufferamazon has this as a 5400 rpm drive with a 16mb buffer, so who made the mistake?
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They do! 5400 rpm drive to 5400rpm drive I get 65-75 Mb/s minimum using both ports.
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I know nothing about the 2TB one. I bought the 3TB and that has been the first one I purchased from Micronet. So far, it works fine.
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Just make sure that you aren't going to use it as master boot, windows won't use more then to 2tb and the other 2tb are unusable. As far as Green vs Black WD Black These high-performance SATA drives combine 7200 RPM spin speed, up to 64 MB cache, SATA 3 Gb/s interface, and an integrated dual processor for lightning-fast performance in demanding desktop, workstation, and multi-drive systems. WD Green These drives make it possible for energyconscious customers to build systems with higher capacitiesand the right balance of system performance,ensured reliability, and energy conservation.
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apparently it depends on the drive, i have 2 new WD 4TB green drives and it will only see 1.8TB on either. i also tried anew WD 1TB Blue 7200rpm drive and it won't see it at all but it will see a WD 1TB green 5400 rpm drive.