Hello.
I am looking to get started my journey with small steps.
I am thinking to get started with 4tb WD red as external 3.5 HDD drive and dump all the data I need there. Afterwards as the budget will allow me, I am thinking to purchase more HDDs and build NAS.
My questions are: will WD red will be good for external HDD for starters and would it work for NAS in the future?
WD Red is three lines since 2020.
WD Red are all SMR and available up to 6TB.
WD Red Plus, introduced in 2020, are the original Red and available up to 14TB
WD Red Pro, introduced in 2014, have always been CMR and are available up to 22TB
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/11obcan/reminder\_that\_wd\_red\_nas\_is\_three\_lines\_now\_wd/
There are plenty of old WD reds that are CMR. Even the links in your links confirm that 🙄