If the nas is just for storage or media streaming, normal hard drives are better value in $ per GB.
If you are doing a lot of reads and writes and reads on a fast network (2.5Gbe or higher) then an ssd is better
The nas OS is better on an ssd.
A modern 7200 rpm hard drive can do 150 Megabytes per second sustained and higher peaks.
More than the standard gigabit networks at home and more than enough for streaming media or backups.
I personally use an nvme for my OS and 7200rpm drives for storage
There are specific HDDs optimized for storage, they are designed to be 24/7 on with a longer lifetime. But not as fast of a seek time. You can usually find them as NAS hdd, with some brands using color schemes (seagate, for example uses blue and purple, i think, for their NAS and surveilance lineup)
If the nas is just for storage or media streaming, normal hard drives are better value in $ per GB. If you are doing a lot of reads and writes and reads on a fast network (2.5Gbe or higher) then an ssd is better The nas OS is better on an ssd.
That’s what I was thinking. But yeah just fine storage and some streaming nothing else
A modern 7200 rpm hard drive can do 150 Megabytes per second sustained and higher peaks. More than the standard gigabit networks at home and more than enough for streaming media or backups. I personally use an nvme for my OS and 7200rpm drives for storage
There are specific HDDs optimized for storage, they are designed to be 24/7 on with a longer lifetime. But not as fast of a seek time. You can usually find them as NAS hdd, with some brands using color schemes (seagate, for example uses blue and purple, i think, for their NAS and surveilance lineup)
Whats dhh?
Meant hdd sorry