Hi folks,
I don't post here often, my last NAS build is already 5 years old. At that time, I purchased WD40EFRX (the original WD Red 4TB 64MB cache with no "plus" or "pro" in the name as there was only that one variant, and it was CMR).
Those have been going rock solid so far. In fact, I don't even want to replace them, I just want to build a new system, capacity not yet decided.
I am considering buying the exact same drives "new" from Ebay because they are super silent and that is what matters the most to me due to where the rack will be placed.
Anyone has direct comparison with this drive vs another (newer, potentially bigger) drive? How do the WD40EFPX stack up? I read they use fewer platters so shouldn't that make them even more silent? Or are they built on another "drive platform" and thus are louder?
Number of drives (up to 12) and power consumption are of secondary concern to me. System will be HW RAID 6 so smaller drives are actually somewhat of an advantage.
Cheers