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Hello, I'm relatively new to self-hosting and recently started using Unraid, which I find fantastic! I'm now considering upgrading my storage capacity by purchasing either an 8TB or 10TB hard drive. I'm exploring both new and used options to find the best deal. However, I've noticed that prices vary based on the specific category of hard drive (e.g., Seagate's IronWolf for NAS or Firecuda for gaming). I'm unsure about the significance of these different categories. Would using a gaming or surveillance hard drive impact the performance of my NAS setup?

Thanks for any tips and clarifications! 🌻

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Yes three are differences but you're running a redundant array of independent disks in order not to care about those differences.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think this really depends on what you're storing. I have a large media collection and doing full redundancy would be extremely wasteful, but it's fairly easy to repopulate things if something goes awry. If it's irreplaceable or smaller files, redundancy definitely makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Sure but technically non-redundant schemes also fall under the category. E.g. RAID0, multiple non-redundant ZFS vdevs, etc. Those would be reducing the performance effects of single disks.

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