I've never used box.co.uk before but this seems a good price for a 4TB NAS hard drive. IronWolf drives come with a 3 year warranty and work well with Synology diskstations.
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haileris to shannensdaddy
16 Jun 175#15
1. Lose
2. So what do you recommend we buy - floppy disks?
3. I guess you got that from the Ladybird book of Backblaze?
Seriously people need to start coming up with something *original* - please!
GrahamStoneman to feves92
16 Jun 174#3
I wouldn't rule out using these in a desktop - it depends on your use case. A slower spindle tends to mean lower power and quieter. All the IronWolf models are rated to 600,000 load cycles so I'm not sure where your information about not being powered down regularly comes from?
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CyDoNiA
16 Jun 17#1
I was considering 2 of these for my desktop due to them being cheap (incidentally they are same price on Amazon with Prime delivery too) but be aware they are only 5900RPM spindle speed I think. Fine for a NAS but if like me you're thinking of using it in a desktop there's probably better options.
sergiup to CyDoNiA
16 Jun 17#8
£119.98 at Amazon... would've been tempted otherwise!
feves92
16 Jun 171#2
yeah definitely don't use this in a desktop they are not meant to be powered down regularly they are designed to Stay on for long periods
GrahamStoneman to feves92
16 Jun 174#3
I wouldn't rule out using these in a desktop - it depends on your use case. A slower spindle tends to mean lower power and quieter. All the IronWolf models are rated to 600,000 load cycles so I'm not sure where your information about not being powered down regularly comes from?
4Real2016 to feves92
16 Jun 17#21
They might be optimised for nas and heavy work loads but that doesn't mean they can't be powered down like any other drive, these drives have exactly the same power management modes as any drive.
Their high capacity drives are much more reliable, you can check backblaze failure rates.
EvilMatt to feves92
17 Jun 17#29
I don't know where you are getting your information, drives "intended" for desktop use are the lowest quality (Actually it's probably external drives) and will not be as robust as a NAS drive, intended for multi access and more read/write cycles. The fact that they are able to be run 24/7 is a positive, not a negative. I don't know why you would think they are meant to stay on for long periods anyway, it's not like they have to get up to temperature or spin at a constant speed, they will be accessed whenever they are requested, the same way if they were in a NAS.
But I would really only use them as data storage rather than running an OS from one.
Dave_dave69
16 Jun 17#4
May as well get a drive designed for a desktop from the same supplier and slightly cheaper £108.48
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2. So what do you recommend we buy - floppy disks?
3. I guess you got that from the Ladybird book of Backblaze?
Seriously people need to start coming up with something *original* - please!
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Their high capacity drives are much more reliable, you can check backblaze failure rates.
But I would really only use them as data storage rather than running an OS from one.
Seagate BarraCuda 4TB SATA III 3.5" Hard Drive https://www.box.co.uk/products/cat/Components%7eB%7eHard+Drives%7eB%7eDesktop+SATA/refine/48828~51694
I run two of these on my cctv system. 9 cameras 1080p recording 24/7. Never had an issues
Though unsure if it’s the intended use with low spindle speeds?
western digitsl never had this problem