HDD for Synology DS1515+
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Finally I have ordered a DS1515+ NAS for Homelab, and now I need to decide which HDD to go for it.
I will be using NAS for vmware and hyper-v lab.
I have checked https://www.synology.com/en-us/compatibility/hd/DS1515+
went through some of the NAS drives and they are reasonable wrt cost. enterprise class are going to put a big hole in pocket!.
WD Red run at 5400 RPM, I believe this will not give much IOPS to satisfy the need to run multiple VMs.
with your experience please suggest.
Finally I have ordered a DS1515+ NAS for Homelab, and now I need to decide which HDD to go for it.
I will be using NAS for vmware and hyper-v lab.
I have checked https://www.synology.com/en-us/compatibility/hd/DS1515+
went through some of the NAS drives and they are reasonable wrt cost. enterprise class are going to put a big hole in pocket!.
WD Red run at 5400 RPM, I believe this will not give much IOPS to satisfy the need to run multiple VMs.
with your experience please suggest.
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I have no plans to go with SSDs.
The data on NAS will not be of much important as I will be using it for lab.
I am planning to use 2 set of RAID0, so that I can get max speed out of RAID and HDD.
Yes, I will keep in mind to enable jumbo.
Did not work on NFS, but read about it, does it really performs better than iSCSI?
For this setup I am confused with WD Red NASware 2TB and WD Black Desktop 2TB
WD Red has not info of RPM except they says Intellipower, but exactly at what speed it will work or the speed will vary as the workload increase or decrease.
What I understand by looking at storagereview for WD Red at http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_red_nas_hard_drive_review_wd30efrx
under 4K Random Transfer R/W
comparing with WD Black 4TB desktop at http://www.storagereview.com/wd_black_4tb_desktop_hard_drive_review_wd4003fzex
under 4K 100% R/W
WD Black is giving more IOPS.
Also these stats are for HDD more than 2TB, if am not wrong seektime will add up as capacity increases.
I need to find if someone has tested WD Black in synology and what throughput they got., its supported for DS1513+ not listed in 1515+