[mythtv-users] which drive?

[Daryl McDonald]

Thanks!

On Tue, Sep 4, 2018, 3:20 PM Leo Butler <leo.butler at member.ams.org> wrote:

> I wouldn't touch desktop-class drives, esp. barracudas, even for
> desktop-like purposes.
>
> Here's my anecdotal evidence: I bought ~6 2TB barracudas about 3-4 years
> ago for recordings in my 24/7 mythbackend. Every one failed within 3
> years, the first one after ~3 months. The precipitating cause in every
> case, I believe, was a power failure, and the few that weren't
> completely fried indicated very high temperatures had been experienced
> (IIRC, > 50C). This was strange, as the box was in a well-ventilated
> room in the basement that never exceeded 20C.
>
> Several of the power failures/flickers were during prime time while we
> were watching MythTV, so I am pretty confident that it was power failure
> in all cases.
>
> I have replaced all of these drives with NAS or surveillance-grade disks
> (WDs, Seagates & Toshibas, depending on newegg.ca's prices) of larger
> capacity. I am guessing that spending more now means spending less
> later. It is too early to say for certain, although I haven't had any of
> the higher-spec disks fail yet.
>
> Leo
>
> Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I'm thinking of replacing my storage drives with new ones. Is the Segate
> > barracuda just as good as the WD Purple? Or is the $15 per terrabyte
> worth
> > it for the "cctv" drive?
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