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The Seagate Exos lineup is amazing.

The x16's I got a couple years ago were so much cheaper than the various NAS/SMB drives, and way higher end drives.

They're also wonderfully quiet. They're not the best for noise, but surprisingly chill.

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I went from WD Red plus (SOHO, 5400rpm) to WD and Seagate data center drives because I wanted 18Tb drives and both the Exos and WD data center drives are significantly louder than the Red Plus. I was after density but if anyone really wants a NAS in a home environment, seriously consider consumer/smb drives or going with flash if you value silence.

Or I guess put the server somewhere you don’t go usually and administer it remotely.

The head on my X16 was very loud. So much so that you could hear it from across the room (when it was in the PC case). May have been a dodgy unit; not sure, but it packed up roughly 2 years after being installed.

These are all pretty loud when seeking.

I just looked at the x16 pricing and see ~$299. To really use it would need mobo support for 6Gb/s, but that is a nice price on a capable hard drive.

Most mobo's have supported 6Gb/s for the past 5+ years - SATA III was released in 2009. I would be surprised if you have a running motherboard on a not-intentionally-retro computer without SATAIII; My ancient gaming machine (now a fileserver)from 2012 has all ports SATAIII and is capable of achieving those speeds.

You made me look. Older HP z220. Four SATA at 3Gbs and two at 6Gbs.

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