A friend gifted me a Dell R730 server, with the 8 2.5inch bay chassis. I’m trying to figure out what would be the best drives to put in it.
My current esx host (which I’m replacing) is a MUCH older dell with 8 3.5 inch bays in it. Those bays are filled with 8tb WD reds, but I am only using about 10tb of that array.
I plan on having the new drives in a RAID array (50, 60, maybe just 6, idk yet)
I am trying to figure out what the best path forward will be for new 2.5 inch drives. This is what I’ve come up with so far
- Seagate ST5000LM000, 5tb (slow, best price per tb, reliability / how easy would it be to find replacement drives down the road?)
- Crucial MX500 series
- Samsung EVO series
- M.2 to SATA adapter like this (I have no clue if something like this would even work, but it’s an interesting thought…)
TIA for any thoughts / suggestions you can provide :)
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ETA details
I ended up buying a used R730 LFF chassis for just $200 on ebay. this was hands down the most fiscally reasonable approach, as I can re-use my 8tb 3.5 inch drives. :)