I have a WD60EFRX that is starting to throw a few errors. I looked and it seems that this model has been replaced with the substandard WD60EFAX SMR drive. I've seen a couple of WD60EFRX drives online for about $350CDN which is crazy expensive for that drive.
My local choices seem to be:
-Use a WD80EFAX (8TB CMR) and waste 2TB of space for $290CDN
or
-Use a Toshiba N300 HDWN160XZSTA (6TB CMR 7200RPM) for $230CDN (Anyone know if this drive runs a lot hotter than the WD80EFAX? I've got a couple of Toshiba 4TB drives that meke great plate warmers ;)
I guess I could also buy a WD Ultrastar 14TB DC HC530 for $520CDN to upgrade one of my backup drives and take the WD80EFRX that I have been using for a backup drive, wipe it and use it for a replacement after taking a new backup. The backup drive has been around for about 2 years, but has spent most of it's life sitting on a shelf.
I should mention that the array is an 8 x 6TB WE60EFRX in RAIDZ2, that is used as a backup server/media library and file storage in home. I do backups by doing zfs sends to a single drive ZPOOL in a hot swap bay that I mount, run a backup script, scrub and dismount.
Recommendations?
My local choices seem to be:
-Use a WD80EFAX (8TB CMR) and waste 2TB of space for $290CDN
or
-Use a Toshiba N300 HDWN160XZSTA (6TB CMR 7200RPM) for $230CDN (Anyone know if this drive runs a lot hotter than the WD80EFAX? I've got a couple of Toshiba 4TB drives that meke great plate warmers ;)
I guess I could also buy a WD Ultrastar 14TB DC HC530 for $520CDN to upgrade one of my backup drives and take the WD80EFRX that I have been using for a backup drive, wipe it and use it for a replacement after taking a new backup. The backup drive has been around for about 2 years, but has spent most of it's life sitting on a shelf.
I should mention that the array is an 8 x 6TB WE60EFRX in RAIDZ2, that is used as a backup server/media library and file storage in home. I do backups by doing zfs sends to a single drive ZPOOL in a hot swap bay that I mount, run a backup script, scrub and dismount.
Recommendations?
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