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Reddit mentions of Seagate IronWolf 4TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 5900 RPM 64MB Cache for RAID Network Attached Storage – Frustration Free Packaging (ST4000VNZ08/VN008)
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We found 2 Reddit mentions of Seagate IronWolf 4TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 5900 RPM 64MB Cache for RAID Network Attached Storage – Frustration Free Packaging (ST4000VNZ08/VN008). Here are the top ones.
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- IronWolf internal hard drives are the ideal solution for up to 8 bay, multi user NAS environments craving powerhouse performance
- Store more and work faster with a NAS optimized hard drive providing 4TB and cache of up to 64MB
- Purpose built for NAS enclosures, IronWolf delivers less wear and tear, little to no noise/vibration, no lags or down time, increased file sharing performance, and much more
- Easily monitor the health of drives using the integrated IronWolf Health Management system and enjoy long term reliability with 1M hours MTBF
Features:
Specs:
| Height | 1.03 Inches |
| Length | 5.79 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | September 2018 |
| Size | 4TB |
| Weight | 1.43 Pounds |
| Width | 4.01 Inches |
We have a lot of people with failed WD drives in the Apple subs. Of course there are probably more WD drives sold so that could be it.
Personally I like to make my own external drive with an enclosure and a bare drive so I can build exactly what's good for my circumstance.
Do your drives need to be portable? You might be better served with a NAS that can do both file share and Time Machine. You might want to ask in /r/Synology (disclaimer - I'm a mod there).
Personally I've not had any substantial issues with WD (I have WD Reds in my enterprise NAS) but I have a Seagate IronWolf 4TB 2.5" NAS drive in a Satechi USB Type C enclosure so that I can connect it via USB C/Thunderbolt/USB 3.1 for best performance. I feel the NAS grade drive is more reliable than standard consumer drives - but that's just an opinion.
It's worked flawlessly for 2 years as my local TM drive. I also do a simultaneous TM backup to my Synology enterprise NAS for redundancy.
So if I don't intend to use it for streaming yet, I could go with something like this?
Item|Price
|:----|:----
Raspberry Pi 4 | $62.99
Case | $9.99
4 Bay HDD Enclosure | $109.99
2x Seagate IronWolf 4TB NAS HDD | $199.98
Total | $382.95
Does that seem about right?