So the 1 TB HDD that is in my NAS is falling short of my requirements.
I am looking for 1 or 2 TB NAS HDD upgrade. Prices are sky rocket and so I was thinking if someone have some spares they can sell it.
Location: Delhi
Buy 16 TB drive, or at least 4 TB if possible.
Go for WD Purple or Seagate Skyhawk. They cost same as blue/baraccuda but have 1 year extra warranty and they are meant for 24x7 operations.
For 1-3 users playing 1080p videos at same time, its plenty of read write speed.
Great suggestion.
Will look into them.
Oh man those surveillance drives are so much affordable than NAS drives. Any pros and cons for using surveillance drives instead of NAS drives?
From what I read, surveillance drives are specialized for write, while NAS drives are specialized for write and read both. Hence NAS drives cost so much more than surveillance drives.
However, for my low usage of NAS, mostly 1 person streams and that too for not more than 3 hours a day (on an average), I think surveillance drives should also do the job fine.
I have been using surveillance drive (WD Purple and Seagate Skyhawk) for several years on 2 different NAS. I m able to stream 4k movies (PSARIps) pretty well.
So got myself Seagate Skyhawk 4 TB for the NAS and Seagate barracuda 2 TB for my desktop PC.
Thanks for suggesting Skyhawk drive Nerevarine and SaiyanGoku for suggesting that should go for atleast 4 TB!
Where can I buy WD Purple or Seagate Skyhawk 1TB online?
Should I upgrade to 2TB for the surveillance DVR? I am currently going to buy 2 cameras but will be adding 2 more when there is any offer.
In this day and age, really do get at least 4 TB for anything serious (people will tell you 8 or 12, but 4 works for small scale use cases)
I really prefer buying hard drives with moving parts inside from any physical shop.
God knows how packages are handled while delivery.
