NAS special-purpose hard drives have various technologies that, according to the manufacturers, make them ideal for this type of device, for their enormous potential designed for 24×7 performance every time, something with a standard car was built (though, of course, and we can have them working 24×7).
Why NAS hard drives are better
These types of hard drives have different technologies that increase their performance on these types of devices. We've already mentioned the most important feature, which is nothing other than that it is designed for 24×7 functionality (which is common in NAS, leaving them permanently as home servers), but they also have other features that make them ideal for these systems.
For example, i consistency. The bulk of the NAS on the market is compatible with any hard drive on the market while its interface is SATA 3, but it's true that most of them are optimized for their firmware to keep pace with NAS's hard drive, using its full power.
On the other hand, while standard driver equipment is optimized for general use, NAS driving beauty to be used on these devices, and will generally deliver better performance on network functions such as file transfer, downloading (including Torrents, which divides large files into many smaller files to facilitate block download). In addition, they include a large cache that will help fix errors in case of power loss, so that we don't lose data. Finally, it is worth highlighting its good performance on the RAID hard disk system.
So, is it worth buying a particular disc?
Yes and no In this case NAS hard drives are really optimized and it's not just a marketing strategy to change aesthetics and sell them very expensive. Yes, they have different capabilities that will improve performance, overall performance, and durability if we use them in the NAS. Of course, after all, the price premium is very noticeable, but you know the word that if anyone wants something, something pays off.
However, normal hard drives can also work on the NAS, and we should have no problems. Of course, with 24×7 performance with a built-in hard drive, they are more likely to fall. Let's take for example the capture of a Synology DS414j NAS with a 2TB Seagate Barracuda Green hard drive, which ran 24 x 7 for over 38,000 hours (this is about 4 and a half years) and it presented no problem.
However, we must say that his partner (who had another disk such as RAID 1) broke up when he was 3, and logically we should replace it.
So here's a clear example: two hard drives are commonly used on the NAS, one that fails in three years and one that takes four and a half without problems. It should be mentioned that this is likely to happen to us with NAS-specific drivers, but the other two discs that the NAS has installed are WD Red 4 TB and, as before, about 4 and a half years worked fine.
The conclusion is that If you can pay a premium for a NAS-specific car, we recommend that you do so. Its functionality and durability (even if it is theoretical, since it is a lottery) will be great, as is your peace of mind. But if you can't afford it, don't get bad blood from investing in normal driving, although of course you should remember that they will be able to fail.
