Hey guys planning on building a new server just wanted to know if WD 3.5" Green 4TB WD40EZRX are a good drive to use in the server
I am Not using RAID so don't really need the RAID features in the Red Drives and will be running with Windows 8 as OS so hopefully the intelli-park issue on green drives won't be a problem as i have heard this is only for when using linux with Green Drives
I am wondering if anyone is using these drives as they are much cheaper here in australia than the reds and if i am not using RAID just JBOD is it really a problem (i keep offline backups instead of RAID)
currently i am running several 2TB green drives in my server that is running Windows 7 but they are getting old and i am running out of disk space and space in the server chassis so thought i should instead just buy some 4TB drives and double the capacity instead of running a second server
also should i set these drives to spin down after say 60 - 90 Minutes or is it best to leave drives spinning