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Used for: 1–3 months
Rebuilt the array without a hiccup
One of the three hums through the floorboards
Three of these went into a four bay NAS and two are fine. The third has a low frequency hum that carries through the floor of the study, not a click or a grind, just a note you cannot unhear once you have noticed it. Speeds are what you would expect from a 5400 spinner, around 180MB/s on a big sequential copy, and the array rebuilt without drama.
Used for: 6–12 months
Cheap per terabyte and quiet with it
Bought as the bulk tier under a pair of SSDs and it has done exactly that job for the better part of a year. Warm to the touch after a long backup but never alarming, and the idle noise disappears behind the case fans!
Used for: More than a year
Quiet enough to live in a room you sit in
Slow to wake from standby
Spinning away in a Synology since the spring before last, no bad sectors, no noise beyond the usual seek chatter