FreeBSD NAS hardware suggestions

[cruxpot]

I do not believe the seagate NAS drive is based on the 7200.11 platform. It
is a newer series and I could not find much information on long term
stability.

Is the 2TB limitation going to cause issues on the BIOS?
On Jul 21, 2014 9:56 AM, "Mike." <the.lists at mgm51.com> wrote:

> On 7/21/2014 at 9:35 AM cruxpot wrote:
>
> |Hi there,
> |
> |[snip]
> |
> |I am looking at Seagate's NAS line of drives since they seem to have
> |less DOA's in reviews than the WD red drives. Are these good for
> ZFS?
> |
> |[snip]
>  =============
>
> Another data point for you:
> http://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=94502
>
>
> Depending upon where you looked, I wrote one of those early failure
> reviews for the WD Red drives, yet I continue to buy them in my ZFS
> array.  Why?, you might ask.
>
> The easiest time to replace a failed drive is right at the beginning
> when it is new.  Both amazon and newegg have a very efficient
> return/replace process for early failures.
>
> In my experience, once you get past the early failures, the WD Red
> drives are solid, the Seagates less so.  So I run them for a week
> before I put them in the array.   That seems to catch the early
> failures.
>
>
> I trade off early failures when it is far easier for me to deal with
> them vs. later life failures that often (and usually) occur when you
> least expect them and at inconvenient times.
>
>
> You might make a different trade-off.
>
>
>
>
>
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