SouthGate Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Looking for some fast 4/6TB HDDs to replace my current ones for a VMware lab and data. My current storage config is as follows: 1x256GB Samsung NVME for OS/Apps 4x250GB Crucial SSDs (striped) for Games 4x1TB WD Blacks RAID 10 for VMware machines (image says RAID 1 but it's actually RAID 10) 2x2TB Seagates RAID 1 for Data I think the current storage solution works really well but I'm seriously running out of space for VM's and data. I have been looking on SCAN, Amazon on some other places but really can't make up my mind. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted September 26, 2018 Moderator Share Posted September 26, 2018 Just get whatever HDD is cheaper. WD and Seagate are good companies, really. I use both in my computer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 2 minutes ago, Mindovermaster said: Just get whatever HDD is cheaper. WD and Seagate are good companies, really. I use both in my computer... That's not really good advice... cheaper HDDs = slower RPM. I think your best bet is going to be stick with the WD blacks for the VM storage, they are 7200 RPM. Golds are a little cheaper, but half the cache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted September 26, 2018 Global Moderator Share Posted September 26, 2018 Probably just grab some BarraCuda Pro's, Blacks or Reds and you'll be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe User Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 The Toshiba X300 isn't a bad idea, it's made for gaming, so the cache is larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe User Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Does your computer have SSD caching? I have a 16GB SSD cache on a 1TB HDD, and it makes quite a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted September 26, 2018 Moderator Share Posted September 26, 2018 32 minutes ago, xendrome said: That's not really good advice... cheaper HDDs = slower RPM. I think your best bet is going to be stick with the WD blacks for the VM storage, they are 7200 RPM. Golds are a little cheaper, but half the cache. Seagate has disks the same as WD Blacks. Don't base it off speed. That's bad advice, too, you know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 57 minutes ago, Mindovermaster said: Seagate has disks the same as WD Blacks. Don't base it off speed. That's bad advice, too, you know... It isn’t when the OP is asking for fast drives. Circaflex 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted September 26, 2018 Moderator Share Posted September 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, adrynalyne said: It isn’t when the OP is asking for fast drives. Well, until we know what Seagates he is using, that shows little purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Supervisor Posted September 26, 2018 Supervisor Share Posted September 26, 2018 Hello, I would suggest the Hitachi Ultrastar HC310 (7K6), Seagate Exos 7E8 or Western Digital Gold series of hard disk drives. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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