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Title: Best 2TB hard drives for 320
Post by: cqtlee on October 14, 2011, 06:30:33 AM

Hi there,

I have read through the forum and am still unsure of which are the most compatible and reliable 2TB drives or the 320.  Could some of you chime in with your experience with both 512kb and 4k drives?  I am leaning towards the Hitachi 5k3000 and am unsure about the WD20EARS

Thanks

Colin

Title: Re: Best 2TB hard drives for 320
Post by: cqtlee on October 14, 2011, 06:32:13 AM

Forgot to mention that I will be accessing the drive primarily thru a macbook with snow leopard but do have a windows machine too.  Not sure if it matters.  Thanks in advance

Title: Re: Best 2TB hard drives for 320
Post by: evaniam on October 16, 2011, 09:40:21 PM

I've been using the Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB for over 3 months with no problems.

Using Lion and Windows 7.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148681

Title: Re: Best 2TB hard drives for 320
Post by: cqtlee on October 17, 2011, 09:25:04 AM

Thanks.  Is that with RAID 1.  That was my plan.

Quote from: evaniam on October 16, 2011, 09:40:21 PM

I've been using the Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB for over 3 months with no problems.

Using Lion and Windows 7.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148681

Title: Re: Best 2TB hard drives for 320
Post by: domovoy on October 17, 2011, 10:52:55 AM

I'm using Western Digital Caviar Green 2 TB SATA III - WD20EARX. It works fine.

Title: Re: Best 2TB hard drives for 320
Post by: cqtlee on October 17, 2011, 11:42:10 AM

Is that with RAID 1 you are successfully using the  drives?  That is my plan
Thanks

Colin

Quote from: domovoy on October 17, 2011, 10:52:55 AM

I'm using Western Digital Caviar Green 2 TB SATA III - WD20EARX. It works fine.

Title: Re: Best 2TB hard drives for 320
Post by: domovoy on October 17, 2011, 01:03:59 PM

No RAID. Standard mode, for a reason here http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=41457.0 (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=41457.0)

Title: Re: Best 2TB hard drives for 320
Post by: evaniam on October 17, 2011, 01:25:40 PM

Yes, Raid 1.

Title: Re: Best 2TB hard drives for 320
Post by: jasonsbx on October 18, 2011, 11:41:51 PM

I've used Seagate Green ones running at 5900 in both DNS-320 and 323 with no issues.
Worked on the theory more performance would be wasted and lower power/heat would not be.
 

Title: Re: Best 2TB hard drives for 320
Post by: satcat on October 19, 2011, 02:31:42 AM

Hello

I use RAID1 and
2x2Tb drives: SpinPoint F4EG HD204UI 2Tb
Network: 100mbps for now
Firmware: 2.0 final
Extra: nothing yet, but I plan to install fun plug, I want better access

I am still testing the setup, NAS + drives have just a few days. All good up to now, but I plan to test for a month or more before saying is reliable and fast.

Title: Re: Best 2TB hard drives for 320
Post by: cqtlee on October 20, 2011, 06:59:23 PM

Thanks everyone for answering my post.  I finally went with the Hitachi 5K3000 2TB in the RAID 1 config...so far so good.

Title: Re: Best 2TB hard drives for 320
Post by: t121anf on October 23, 2011, 10:14:14 AM

Quote from: evaniam on October 16, 2011, 09:40:21 PM

I've been using the Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB for over 3 months with no problems.

Using Lion and Windows 7.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148681

+1

Title: Re: Best 2TB hard drives for 320
Post by: Teaser on October 24, 2011, 11:44:22 PM

You've already made your choice, but personally I would have recommended the Spinpoint F4 drives - absolutely rock solid, and according to a friend who works for a large online retailer, Samsung drives have the lowest return rate by far (I wouldn't trust a Hitachi drive with my sensitive data tbh, regardless of it being in a fault tolerant raid setup...)

Title: Re: Best 2TB hard drives for 320
Post by: mrcastle on October 28, 2011, 03:39:42 AM

Quote from: satcat on October 19, 2011, 02:31:42 AM

Hello

I use RAID1 and
2x2Tb drives: SpinPoint F4EG HD204UI 2Tb

+1