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HDD Recommendation - Software RAID
Woke up this to a nice email from mdadm telling me a drive had failed in the office server. I had a spare on the shelf so I went in, replaced it, let the array rebuild and all is well.
Now I don't have a spare 
What's your recommendation for disks, for use in Linux software RAID 1?
Current drives are WD RE2 500GB. Would like to move up to ~ 750GB....
Thanks!
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Take Seagate SSD cached disks, fast and good space.
Seagate Constellation ES or Toshiba Enterprise are probably the best bang for your buck right now.
If you want to spend a little more, the WD Black or RE4 are good drives too.
Thanks.
Performance isn't an issue, budget is. Reliability is the biggest consideration. The WD RE2's currently in use are plenty fast for what they do.
They have ssd cached disks already? 0_O
Sorta: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148591
SG Constellation ES
WD RE4
I can't find a 750GB WD RE3 or RE4 anywhere on newegg. Are harddrives still at a premium? Haven't bought one for ages....
There's a refurbished one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236257
Not sure how good or reliable they would be
Thanks. Not gonna buy used drives for the office server though. If all else fails there's some 500 GB RE2's available. I'll just put off the upgrade for a while
500gb and 1tb are more common. Haven't seen much of 750gb.
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Yeah, the 1TB refurbished ones have some really bad reviews so better without it.
@NateN34 Any idea about the performance and stability?
@NateN34 I have that exact drive, it does help IOPS but the speed is actually less than a standard desktop grade 2TB drive...