>>>>> "o1bigtenor" == o1bigtenor <o1bigtenor@xxxxxxxxx> writes: o1bigtenor> On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 9:06 PM John Stoffel <john@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> o1bigtenor> snip >> In any case, make sure you get NAS rated disks, either the newest WD >> RED+ (or is it Blue?) In any case, make sure to NOT get the SMR >> (Shingled Magnetic Recording) format drives. See previous threads in >> this group, as well as the arstechnica.com discussion about it all >> that they disk last month. Very informative. >> >> Personally, with regular hard disks, I still kinda think 4gb is the >> sweet spot, since you can just mirror pairs of the disks and then >> stripe across on top as needed. I like my storage simple, because >> when (not if!) it all hits the fan, simple is easier to recover from. >> o1bigtenor> Did you mean 4 TB or 4 GB as you wrote? o1bigtenor> (Somewhat of a difference I do believe.) LOL! I meant 4Tb of course... but I do remember when 10mb HDs were amazing... :-)
