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Review of the WD Red Pro 22TB Hard Drive for NAS

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Csimbi · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:00 pm Post subject:

It has to be not only huge but also reliable, or else SSDs will kill HDDs in NAS.
As soon as SSD prices drop, HDDs will stop selling unless there's a good reason to buy them and with this much data, reliability is a huge factor because not everyone can afford to buy 16 or these...

devilhood · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 6:35 pm Post subject:

I almost exclusively use WD Red Pro's in my rig, which imho are unbeatable for large archival.

The larger capacity is why I still use them aside from the better value per GB, although the price has been fluctuating a lot the past two years.

If I replaced my setup with SSD's, it would be like buying 3 super computers Laughing

Csimbi · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 9:34 am Post subject:

Yeah, the price tag is not very attractive and I'd have to buy 8 at once to use the RAID card effectively.

Dunno, the SSDs are much smaller and do no heat that much.
Often they consume less power, too.
I was thinking about building a custom frame that goes into a set of 3.5" slots and be done with it Wink