2024-01-13, 04:59 PM
I was looking at two types of hard drives for my system. One is a Western Digital Red Plus (WD101EFBX) and the other is a WD Blue (WD80EAZZ). I was wondering if the Red Plus would be more reliable and/or last longer since it is meant for a NAS. I know there are many variables that determine the longevity of a drive but just at a basic level, is one more beneficial than the other? I will not be setting up a NAS just using a main drive and then a mirrored drive for backup. I know a mirror is not a true backup but I'm not too concerned with that as it is just for movies and TV shows. Both the drives are CMR with the same amount of cache, the only difference is speed and storage size (which doesn't matter to me).