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Originally Posted by tmathews
I wouldn't use either an AV or Red drive in a single-drive configuration. I'd think you'd want a straight (non-AV) Green drive.
Seagate has a similar stable of drives, presumably with similar characteristics. I've used mostly Seagates and have had several fail over the years but I've got backups that allow me to go for the lower price without worrying too much about lower reliability.
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That reasoning isn't quite in line with the products that are available.
WD Black/Blue drives are designed to be high/medium performance drives containing a computer's operating system. (5-year warranty for black, 2-year warranty for blue)
WD AV drives are intended for DVRs, digital signage, and security camera systems--basically for any stand-alone devices running media applications that are operational 24/7. (3-year warranty)
WD Green drives are intended for storage drives that aren't highly utilized. (2-year warranty)
WD Red drives are for RAID arrays. (3-year warranty)
WD VelociRaptor drives...well...I'm not even sure where these might be useful, now that HDD technology has improved over the years. A WD Black drive is usually enough. (5-year warranty)
As for Seagate drives, many of us don't trust them because of the rampant firmware issues and drive failures from a few years ago. However, as far as I can tell, they seem to have settled on a 5-year warranty for all of their desktop and RAID drive models.
When it comes to HDD reliability is key. Premature failure is not acceptable. Why do you keep using Seagate drives if you say they keep failing on you?