The HDD market is shrinking and this is mostly due to the fact that prices of SSDs are going down with every passing day. Nonetheless, HDDs still have some merits that should not be overlooked – they boast long life and low price. Their capacity is also important, considering the fact that file sizes have a tendency of growing and thus occupy more and more disk space.
SSD manufacturers such as Samsung now offer devices with capacities of 2TB (M.2 type) and even more but their prices surpass most people’s budgets who desire higher operational speeds. It is namely here that HDDs and RAID configurations, increasing the operational speed, come into play. We’ve received a Deskstar NAS by HGST (Hitachi) with 4TB of capacity and in the lines to follow you will find out all essentials about this model and whether there is any sense in having a RAID configuration these days.
Retail package
In addition to the 3.5-inch device, the package also carries eight screws needed for the installation process, as well as an installation guide.
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