HDD Recommendation

Posted by: bigsplice on 01 November 2013

Can anyone offer advice on HDD to use in a Computer based audio system?

There is no shortage of options as one browses the likes of Amazon and Ebuyer

but im not sure what brand type i should be buying. Any advice would be greatly

appreciated.

Posted on: 01 November 2013 by robert-

Western digital RED.

Posted on: 01 November 2013 by bigsplice

i was after external drive advice, this appears to be an internal model.

Posted on: 02 November 2013 by hungryhalibut

You need to be a little clearer in your question. Are you asking about a NAS, on which to keep the music in a streaming system?

Posted on: 02 November 2013 by rjstaines

Assuming you do mean NAS, not HDD, the Netgear ReadyNAS range offers great value - search Amazon etc.

You can buy either populated devices (complete with HDD installed in them) or you can buy diskless models and put your own HDDs in them (this is usually cheaper). The diskless models allow you to select the make and size of HDD that works for you. Just one word of caution with diskless NASs - ensure the HDDs you select are compatible with your chosen NAS (Netgear web site has a page of compatible HDDs for each model of NAS).

Still confused ?... don't faff around, just get a Unitiserve you know it makes sense !

Posted on: 02 November 2013 by hungryhalibut

Indeed, but you still need a NAS for backup. I have a synology, which seems to do the job well.

Posted on: 03 November 2013 by bigsplice

Firstly, i want to obtain an External HDD to store music and it seems i need another drive for backing up. I dont know a great deal about backing up but guess its not rocket science.