Best 2.5" disk for 24/7 work

[silverkin]

Hello!

Recently bought a router with USB Port and I am planning to get DD-WRT on this to have torrent client and media center.

Im searching for 2.5" hard drive and then getting a 2.5 case for that. Doing that weird combination because sometimes Im gonna use that as a portable disk.

Looking for something which is quiet, and can work 24/7 for some years. I don't care about power comsumption.

If someone would be that nice and also recommend case for that disk I would be really grateful.

Thanks in advance for reading!

 

[drtweak]

you will want to get a WD RED if you want good 24/7 performance. They are NAS drives and designed for RAID but they are also meant for 24/7 usage.

 

[silverkin]

Thanks for answer, unfortunately Red's are a little bit expensive, especially 2.5" ones.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Red's?

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks for answer, unfortunately Red's are a little bit expensive, especially 2.5" ones.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Red's?

Performance costs. How much performance do you want?

 

[silverkin]

Performance costs. How much performance do you want?

So there is no alternative to WD RED's?

Its a little bit retarded, because i can afford WD Blue 1TB for 40$, but WD RED 750GB costs 80$.

3.5" RED's are not overpriced like 2.5 ones 🙁.

 

[USAFRet]

Performance costs. How much performance do you want?

So there is no alternative to WD RED's?

Its a little bit retarded, because i can afford WD Blue 1TB for 40$, but WD RED 750GB costs 80$.

Any drive will work, but the Red's are specifically tuned for that 24/7 use case.

 

[silverkin]

So after let's say 3 years my drive is gonna crush and burn?

I really don't know about life-time of hard disks with that amount of power time.

I'm so glad that u are helping me .

 

[jsmithepa]

Better stiff cost more, that's how the world works.

 

[USAFRet]

So after let's say 3 years my drive is gonna crush and burn?

I really don't know about life-time of hard disks with that amount of power time.

I'm so glad that u are helping me .

Well..it depends on what you are actually doing.
Constant 24/7 read/write? Consider a WD Purple or Red.
Or just on, 24/7, playing movies sometimes? Anything will work. If it dies within the warranty, RMA.

And you can't put a specific 'number of years' on any individual drive.

 

[silverkin]

So i think i will just take something not overpriced with longest warranty .

Could you recommend me some good caddy's?

I appreciate ur help guys

 

[drtweak]

I just bough a bunch of the Inland USB 3.0 caddys. Local Micro Center had them for like 8.99. They are pretty nice too. Use one of them with a 120GB ssd for my Windows on the go and it boots up super fast.