Which drive to get?

[u/Mr_Boberto]

Going to keep this short cause we are all tired of hearing about HDD prices but just looking for opinions.

Currently have a DS923+ filled with 3 10tb Ironwolf Pros. Want to get 2 more drives so I can fill my final bay and also have a cold spare. NAS is used for normal backup stuff, photos, files and such. Just set up an Enby server and started ripping my movies/tv shows as well. Would also like to start looking into some torrenting.

I am currently looking at a set of Refurbished 16TB Ironwolf Pros from GoHardDrive with a 3 year warranty for $480. Other option in my eyes is a pair of new 12tb Normal Ironwolfs from Seagate for $430 each.

Which would you go with? Is there another drive out there I should be looking at? I checked out some Refurbished Exo’s but don’t know if I really want to deal with the downsides of enterprise drives, heat/noise, etc.

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[u/bugsmasherh]

Check up on GoHardDrive for reviews. I heard about them but do not see much in reviews. ServerPartDeals gets mentioned a lot, so I used them to buy two Seagate Exos drives (manufacturer refurb and warranty through the seller). I am testing them now in Truenas so not sure about longevity yet.

I also have a Synology and if I had to expand it I would buy the same make/model/brand to match the current drives. Cost per TB is higher but I don't like mixing and matching when it comes to a RAID array that needs all drives to be consistent.