The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/rp_001 on 2025-05-29 23:32:50.
hi all!
I have a 2-bay Synology DS218play with 8TB drives IronWold drives in RAID 1. They make a bit of noise when writing, etc. but not that bad.
It is in the study. it's used for backup nd some streaming of MP4's.
I need to expand the space and was going to migrate to 16 TB drives (Synology or Ironwolf).
But am concerned about the noise level of the 16 TB drives.
otherwise, for a small amount of extra money, i can buy a DS923+ and one additional 8 TB drive to give me the required 16 TB space when in RAID 5. Thsi would give me additional growth potential but that is likely not needed for several years
I guess i am wondering what the noise level of the 16 TB drives would be compared to the smaller 8 TB drives.
any advice is welcome.