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Reddit mentions of WD RE4 2 TB Enterprise Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA II, 64 MB Cache (WD2003FYYS) (Old Model)
Sentiment score: 4
Reddit mentions: 5
We found 5 Reddit mentions of WD RE4 2 TB Enterprise Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA II, 64 MB Cache (WD2003FYYS) (Old Model). Here are the top ones.
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- Available in large capacities with support for 1-16 bays
- 5 year limited warranty
- Enhanced reliability with 3D Active Balance Plus and error recovery controls with NASware 3.0
- Extended drive testing to ensure each drive is tested for extended reliable operation
- Vibration & Shock protection
- Package includes a hard drive only - no screws, cables, manuals included. Please purchase mounting hardware and cables separately if necessary.
- Ships in WD-certified box for safe transit during shipping
Features:
Specs:
| Color | Black |
| Height | 1.027557 Inches |
| Length | 3.999992 Inches |
| Size | 2 TB |
| Weight | 1.653466965 Pounds |
| Width | 5.78739 Inches |
Yeah, but if you want to store important stuff that you can't lose, enterprise hard drives are what you should get.
Yes, here's a perfect build of it:
This Startech enclosure $68 https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00GYR752E
With this Enterprise WD RE4 2tb drives $57 each(designed to be running 24/7) https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002XW44QY
You can put in any two identical drives you can find for good price, I would recommend NAS/Enterprise drives as they are 10x more durable (if you can find cheap like this RE4 drive which are $200+ usually) or you can put in WD Red, WD Black, WD Blue or any other drive (I preffer WD over anything else as they have lower failure rate than others like Seagate etc)
But you can get them new for $70 on amazon...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B002XW44QY/ref=olp_f_new?ie=UTF8&f_new=true
I don't know the size of your business, or you budget, but consider doing something like this in the future:
Total cost: $2,985.29 on Amazon. Well worth it in my opinion.
I like Synology, but pick your vender of choice. QNAP, Thecus, etc. They all have similar products. Also consider getting a rack-mount NAS. I believe Synology's rack-mount NAS's have redundant power supplies, which could be a major plus.
The Synology DS1512+ NAS also support two expansion units (which hold 5 drives each), for a total of 15 drives per NAS, so you should have plenty of room to grow.
I am pretty risk adverse, so I just go off the synology compatibility list. Frankly you could go with whatever drive you want -- I would argue you should avoid any so called 'desktop class' drives though. Personally I am not a huge fan of these 'green' drives either. I have friends that have used both types and it just doesn't seem like its worth the hassle/risk to save a few bucks. I just bought 8 of these and am moving 4 of my old ones into a DX513 expansion unit as a separate RAID set. I would argue your better off going with drives that are designed for a storage array. That's not to say there isnt an enormous amount of marketing BS around the classes of drives but ultimately I think there is something to be said for the higher end drives. If nothing else the warranty is longer. However, if you can get 2 drives for the price of what one would cost its hard to argue with the approach of just having spares around. The storage review website is a great source of information around specific drives as well.
As far as arrays I have owned a 1511 and a 1812+ and used to build my own using the same native linux tools (mdraid) the synology uses in the background. The synology just makes it so simple and painless I dont think I would ever go back to doing it myself -- and thats coming from someone that works for an opensource company. Honestly I don't think it really matters too much which model you get as long as you get one that makes sense for your use case -- they all run the same software and the interface is pretty much identical. People love their drobos too, but I haven't really used them enough to form an opinion.