Steve Wang
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Hi,
Bring thread from the dead =)… I just wanted to add a few things related to WD Green drives and Areca 1880 cards.
I’ve been using and areca 1880i with 5 x 2TB green drives RAID5. I got them a couple years back when they had 3 year warranty. Started with 4 drives and migrated to 5 drives few months back(long story but needed drives for other purposes). Monthly scrubs. Drive is constantly accessed, so it rarely “parks”.
- the good: whisper quiet and cool running. Lot cheaper at the time.
- the bad: not great performers (hiccups when running VM’s main os on them, but storage ok, but still can’t confirm it’s a “green” drive issue.) I’ll be testing with RED drives. Regardless, VM on ssd is much better then even a couple RE3’s or Vraptors in RAID0
I have just recently attempted to replace my 5x2TB Greens them with 5xWD SE 4TB drives and it turned out a failure. Aside from one DOA, two more failed from too much sector errors after a few days use. Only two survived. Returning all.
- the good: SE’s are faster.
- the bad: Lot hotter and more vibration like WD Blacks
Notes related to Hard drives:
- would love to test the WD SE’s more, but because of 3/5 fails… I’m a bit burned by these new drives.
- looking into RED’s next given how close they are in price with Greens
Notes on Areca 188x cards:
- Areca firmware do have a TLER setting (disabled, 5, 6, 7sec), but I have left it alone. Great to keep drive from getting dropped, but doesn’t prevent hangs. Ok for non-critical use.
- The latest update allows drive cloning. This is great for replacing drives without breaking the RAID set. Might be useful if you plan to slowly migrate out of the Green drives.
Hope someone might find this useful.