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Using a drive as a singel drive (WD Green or Red?)

I’vre red that some people goes against using a WD Red as a singel drive, is that true? The bad thing with the Green variant is it’s using four platters and louder than the Red version which only uses 3 platters and are quieter.

Don’t see why not, they are mainly advertised as NAS HDDs but they can also be used as single drives.

Use the red drives for 24/7 NAS operation… Don’t use green drives… They should only be used as backup/secondary on pcs… Not as main drives… 

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