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Since Win8 is out, I'm tempted to either build or refit a system to make use of its expandable Storage Spaces feature. Made more pressing since my main storage array is down to its last 30GB of free space, and one of my existing 2TB storage drives seems to be on the way out (it is already backed up).
Of the major brands I've tended to lean towards WD, since Seagates I find tend to have more of a sudden death characteristic as opposed to a slower death mode of WD, when they eventually fail. But I'm not up to date on WD's current range. I tend to leave PCs running 24/7, especially so if it's one running as a storage server. Currently I'm using WD green as a low cost low power option. I don't need high performance since it's mainly bulk storage.
Looking around, there's still greens, but also an AV-GP, and Red drives. AV-GP seems to be optimised for PVR like applications so again kinda always on. Red are their raid optimised ones, designed for 24/7 running, some claimed build updates at a small increased cost. I'm tempted to try Reds unless there's other options I should consider...
_________________ Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.
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