I use both regularly, and I've had great experiences and problems with both, so I would go with whichever one is the cheapest and meets your requirements for speed. Just my 2c though!
On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 3:18 PM, Kevin Hart <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally I still stay away from Segate but I have no real valid reason > to as I’ve not owned one since 2006. But the darlin of /r/DataHorder is > the WD MyBook 8tb. Since they regularly go on sale for as low as 149. And > inside is a WD red label drive (their NAS drive). Now not every drive is > alike as some are white label reds and others have the 3.3v reset rail and > such like that. There’s a great thread pinned at the top of that subreddit > about them. But for just big ol storage, hard to beat. If you are into > shucking them and putting into a NAS or even server with NAS software its > hard to beat as well. > > New model with the ‘white label reds' > https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-my-book-8tb-external-usb-3- > 0-hard-drive-black/5605510.p?skuId=5605510 > > Old model I’ve bought way too many of with real red label reds > https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-easystore-8tb-external-usb- > 3-0-hard-drive-black/5792401.p?skuId=5792401 > > I’ve never used one of these inside the case but many have. If you were > just going usb theres little difference between those two models. If > looking to shuck them and use the bare drives they are a little > different. The subreddit will lead ya down that road. Either way both are > crazy cheap for 8tb of single spindle. > > Also… RAID isn’t backup ;) something thats sometimes hard to remember by > the best of us. > > -- > Kevin Hart > > On July 19, 2018 at 3:11:59 PM, Paul Boniol ([email protected]) wrote: > > Considering buying an external hard drive, primary use would be DVR (from > Mythbuntu). Any preferences between Western Digital and Segate? I've seen > about as many reviews saying "this drive failed after x months, lost my > data, had to spend hours on the phone, and I had to pay shipping to get it > replaced under warranty" on both. > > I've been considering a new computer as the existing is many years old > now, and had some issues turning it on occasionally when it gets turned > off. (So power supply likely starting to go.) > > Paul > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
