I am looking to expand my HDD storage but my favorite hard drives, WD Red Plus 14 TBs, seem to be discontinued. They've been out of stock for a long time and no longer show up on the website.
The only other HDD in my case is a shucked 14 TB WD white label and it drives me mad. It isn't loud, but it does vibrate and clicked for the longest time. My red plus's don't have this issue at all.
I am thinking about taking the leap and going to the refurb enterprise drives like the 18TB+ exos, or just getting a Red Pro, but I really don't want to drop that kind of cash if they will vibrate or make that loud head seeking/clicking noise.
I do prefer a quiet hard drive, but often times its the frequency or quality of the sound that bothers me as opposed to the absolute volume. I have tinnitus and I'm always playing white noise anyway, so that helps a lot, but some sounds I just can't deal with.
Unfortunately, moving my case isn't possible at this point.
Any suggestions or experiences? Thank you. I could go down to 12TB Red Plus's but that seems less than ideal.