Lars Johnsson wrote:
I don't belive it works like this at all if you use them in a Drobo (with it's kind of raid) WD Greens work very good in Drobo's. You can also set your spin down time with the Drobo
I think it is very dependent on the RAID configuration you are using. If you're using a RAID array that has multiple redundancies like RAID 5 or 6, you're asking for trouble if you're not using enterprise drives. If it is simply striping (RAID 0), mirroring (RAID 1), or JBOD, I think you're OK with consumer drives.
Feb 24, 2012 at 10:06 PM
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irish-george wrote:
I think it is very dependent on the RAID configuration you are using. If you're using a RAID array that has multiple redundancies like RAID 5 or 6, you're asking for trouble if you're not using enterprise drives. If it is simply striping (RAID 0), mirroring (RAID 1), or JBOD, I think you're OK with consumer drives.
A Drobo is different. You have probably never seen or used one. Your answer does not apply to a Drobo
My guess is that Drobo (and probably other NAS manufacturers) have tweaked their OS config to either extend the time that the RAID waits before declaring a timeout and kicking a drive, or to reprogram the TLER setting on drives when it boots. I have my linux RAID box set up to do this latter - its a one line script.
