[mythtv-users] Western Digital Red for Myth

[Jeff Siddall]

On 08/24/2013 10:10 AM, Craig Treleaven wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I've just had another hdd go bad on my Myth backend.  Maybe it is the
> enclosures I've used but this has been a regular occurrence.  Thus the
> following article caught my eye:
>
> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/red-wd20efrx-wd30efrx-nas,3248.html

Keep in mind WD Black desktop drives still have a 5 year warranty.

WD has also repositioned their server drives.  Their low end server 
drive, called "Se", is not that expensive and has a 5 year warranty:

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/internal/enterprise/

If you think enterprise drives are better than consumer, or of you care 
about enterprise features (RAFF and TLER stuff) then this may be a 
better choice than the black.

Either way I was never impressed with the Red.  Too expensive for what 
appeared to be a normal consumer disk with a minimal warranty extension.

All the 100 day lifetime stuff has put me off Seagate drives.

Jeff