all4dom 73 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Can you guys tell me which hard drive is better for media playback. I.m not sure which one to purchase & I'm almost out of hd space. Thanks Dom https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236737&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=IGNEFL030218&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL030218-_-EMC-030218-Index-_-DesktopInternalHardDrives-_-22236737-S0&ignorebbr=1 or https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822146118 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 HGST all the way. I have 8 of those and one Enterprise, among the drives in my server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 As a side note. My HGST Enterprise drive has a write speed of around 400MB/s and my HGST NAS drives have a write speed of around 160MB/s. Not that it will mean anything for you, as a 1Gb/s network caps out around 125MB/s. Just thought I'd throw that out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all4dom 73 Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 I forgot what I have now but there hbe been no issues with playback & I use 2 drives foe media and 2 drives as a backup and knock on wood I have not had an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 HGST have a very low failure rate. And if you look at the two choices you posted, the HGST has a 7200rpm and the WD is 5400rpm. The faster the spin, the faster the data transfer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One2Go 98 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 2 HGST drives in the NAS running 24/7. 6 HGST drives in the TV and Documentary server running only when needed. 4 HGST drives in the Movie server running when needed. So far no failure in several years. These drives are never rock bottom priced and when they are on sale they sell out very quickly. In the UnRaid server community they are highly recommended and any deal is being posted ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14948 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 HGST have a very low failure rate. And if you look at the two choices you posted, the HGST has a 7200rpm and the WD is 5400rpm. The faster the spin, the faster the data transfer. Yes but also the more noise and head generated and the more power required. Data transfer speeds are inconsequential for media playback so 5400 RPM drives are just fine. Just more things to consider... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Yes but also the more noise and head generated and the more power required. Data transfer speeds are inconsequential for media playback so 5400 RPM drives are just fine. Just more things to consider... Awwwww..c'mon. More power is always better lol. As for transfer rate, when I can write a 60GB file at 400MB/s I'm very happy Noise isn't a factor for me. My whole rack is 6ft from my tv. There are something like 22 fans lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all4dom 73 Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 If I were to go with 5400 rpm, then I would have to get a wd brand. I think they are nas deives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8332 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 You can get what ever brand you like. Everyone has there own preference but I have yet to have an issue with any brand I have gotten. (Seagate, WD, Hitachi, HGST, Toshiba) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 (edited) Take a look at Backblaze's stats. https://www.backblaze.com/b2/hard-drive-test-data.html And here's an interesting article https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/backblaze-reliability-report-2018-hgst/ Edited March 3, 2018 by Doofus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all4dom 73 Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 O never really had a preference except I always thought the 5400 rpm.drives were better then the higher ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastrmind11 717 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 5400 equates to how fast the platter spins. It doesn't matter for media streaming. fwiw, I had a nas stuffed w/ seagate drives, which have failed 1 by 1 over the course of the past 4 years. I've replated them as they fail w/ WD NAS drives and have not had a single failure on any of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all4dom 73 Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 The wd drive is a bad drive & what I have now is a regular desktop drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbnwa 49 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 (edited) As a side note. My HGST Enterprise drive has a write speed of around 400MB/s and my HGST NAS drives have a write speed of around 160MB/s. Not that it will mean anything for you, as a 1Gb/s network caps out around 125MB/s. Just thought I'd throw that out there I would be interested in the details on the enterprise drives you are running, my 45 drive SAN array is in need of replacements. Edited March 3, 2018 by mbnwa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all4dom 73 Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 I put a li k on my post above. You can click the links to see quick one you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 @ What model or HHD is this? "My HGST Enterprise drive has a write speed of around 400MB/s" or is it anSSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 @ What model or HHD is this? "My HGST Enterprise drive has a write speed of around 400MB/s" or is it anSSD I should mention that it's part of a three drive drivepool. Two Seagate and one HGST. All Enterprise drives. When I write to the pool, it writes at up to 400MB/s. I'll check the model number in a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Ah ok that explains it - was surprised at the speed of a single HDD as its way beyond what a normal HDD would be capable of 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 I get a little better write speeds than I do with the SSDs on the other pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all4dom 73 Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 hey guys, does emby generate ehs icons for a sub folders. I have a folder called photos & home movies & then its 3 sub folders....photos, home movies & video clips and emby did not generate a ehs icons like it did for everything else.....or do i have the folder structure set up wrong. Thanks Dom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 (edited) I would be interested in the details on the enterprise drives you are running, my 45 drive SAN array is in need of replacements. @ What model or HHD is this? "My HGST Enterprise drive has a write speed of around 400MB/s" or is it anSSD So, out of curiosity, I looked up the hard drive. And it has a max transfer rate of 600MB/s, with a sustained transfer rate of 171MB/s. It would appear that most of the files I move around, fall outside of the sustained transfer rate. I didn't look up the seagates, but they appear to be equivalent. Model No. - HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 HUS724030ALE641 https://www.hgst.com/sites/default/files/resources/US7K4000_ds.pdf Edited March 4, 2018 by Doofus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 the 600 is the Sata III interface speed 170-180 MB/s is inline with what i was suspecting as a HDD capable of 400MB/s would have been in the news that you are getting 400 or so is down to windows caching as i see this as well on my 2012R2 server but not for long if transferring large amounts of data as the cache gets full and then its down to the disk and alos how full it is 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 the 600 is the Sata III interface speed 170-180 MB/s is inline with what i was suspecting as a HDD capable of 400MB/s would have been in the news that you are getting 400 or so is down to windows caching as i see this as well on my 2012R2 server but not for long if transferring large amounts of data as the cache gets full and then its down to the disk and alos how full it is Well, if I make the same transfer to my HGST NAS drives (also pooled), I only get 160MB/s. They are all on the same machine. I consistently get 350-400MB/s on my enterprise drives. The only difference is the drives. Maybe they cache better? But the result is excellent, on par with my SSDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14948 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Well, if I make the same transfer to my HGST NAS drives (also pooled), I only get 160MB/s. They are all on the same machine. I consistently get 350-400MB/s on my enterprise drives. The only difference is the drives. Maybe they cache better? But the result is excellent, on par with my SSDs. I definitely think caching is going on there. But, none of that is really super relevant to the question asked here which was "which drive is best for media playback". IMO that is a cool, quiet and reliable one and 5400rpm drives can fit that bill nicely . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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