Doing my first build with Jonsbo N5 and planning on buying 4 12TB rectified drives from SPD running in raidz2. Will most likely expand this to 8 drives in this pool in future as I need more space.
I noticed that HC520 has multiple listing and all of them have the Power Disable Pin. The youtube video linked shows a simple fix of applying the tape. Wanted to know if there is anything I should be aware of for this? Given that my enclosure is new it should work without the hack? Also why the multiple listing for HC520? What should I be looking at to determine the difference between them?
I am leaning towards the HGST Ultrastar primarily because it does not have multiple listings and the power disable pin :). So I thought I would see what the community says about the HC520s.
Also any pointers on what I should be checking once i get the HDDs? I have never run used drives before so have never done any tests on them. What kind of checks should I be running on them before I put them in play. I will be running Debian on my system.