Hello ! I have a custom build NAS currently using 4x6TB hard drives in RAID10. I am looking for a capacity upgrade. My main focus are low power consumption and low noise (the NAS is in my living room / home office).

I can’t seem to find any 5400RPM HDD over 8TB in capacity anywhere. Is there any model with 10, 12 or more TB in existence ? If not, what could be the reasons ?

  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.deEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Can’t you just slow them down? I remember doing that with a home theatre PC. I configured it with hdparm to go to sleep very quickly and not run very fast because the movies I watched didn’t need much throughput.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I think constantly changing noise is worse than a slightly louder but constant noise.