Backstory: a little over a year ago, I built out a video surveillance system to handle 32 cameras - 4 analog, and 28 megapixel IP cameras.
I initially put a single 2tb drive in the system to record video, but that wasn't quite enough retention for what we were trying to do. So, we opted to go with a Buffalo DriveStation Quad, 8tb enclosure. The unit came with (4) Seagate 2tb drives.
Long story short; Thursday, one of the 4 drives died. Of course, the unit is outside of the 1 year warranty, and the drives can't be RMA'd direct through Seagate.
At this point, I have 2 options - replace all the drives in the unit with new, or replace the entire unit with something new (and under warranty).
While the Buffalo unit has performed relatively well, I will say a few things. The temperature controlled fan SUCKS. It obviously doesn't take drive temp into account, but rather just temp at the controller board or the fan itself. Drive SMART status shows a peak temp on all 4 drives at 65-70*C. No doubt, this contributed to the demise of the drive (also why I'm not planning on replacing just the failed drive). Also, I can't guarantee that any newer drive will work with it anyway.
So, what are your suggestions? I'm looking for room for 4 drives. Ship with drives or not... if not, will need to buy drives (preferred WD AV drives, which would be $500 alone); and my budget is relatively low ($600-800).
Any ideas would be great.
Thanks!
I initially put a single 2tb drive in the system to record video, but that wasn't quite enough retention for what we were trying to do. So, we opted to go with a Buffalo DriveStation Quad, 8tb enclosure. The unit came with (4) Seagate 2tb drives.
Long story short; Thursday, one of the 4 drives died. Of course, the unit is outside of the 1 year warranty, and the drives can't be RMA'd direct through Seagate.
At this point, I have 2 options - replace all the drives in the unit with new, or replace the entire unit with something new (and under warranty).
While the Buffalo unit has performed relatively well, I will say a few things. The temperature controlled fan SUCKS. It obviously doesn't take drive temp into account, but rather just temp at the controller board or the fan itself. Drive SMART status shows a peak temp on all 4 drives at 65-70*C. No doubt, this contributed to the demise of the drive (also why I'm not planning on replacing just the failed drive). Also, I can't guarantee that any newer drive will work with it anyway.
So, what are your suggestions? I'm looking for room for 4 drives. Ship with drives or not... if not, will need to buy drives (preferred WD AV drives, which would be $500 alone); and my budget is relatively low ($600-800).
Any ideas would be great.
Thanks!
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