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WD Red or Ironwolf for NAS?

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#1 ·
Need a HDD for my NAS - nobody except I myself will access the NAS, and will be used as a media server. I'm looking for either these two:

1. Seagate Ironwolf 8TB (ready stock but I'm worried about their reliablilty - though strangely enough I have a Seagate 250GB that still works very well until today)

2. WD Red 8TB (no stock and no ETA for restocking)

Which one is more reliable? Speed isn't a big issue for me, though the Seagate past track record on reliability has been pretty spotty :/

Anyone who has owned either or both drives can give me some input?
 
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#3 ·
So far from what I have seen, 8TB drives in general have had a lot of issues. Over 30% of the ones that have either come into my shop for recovery or we have bought has had some kind of issue.

Though mostly the WD helium drives.
 
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