wd gold

I was wondering about using WD Gold drives instead of the WD red SMR drives I have. Would the Gold be ok to use or does it need to be a NAS drive? Thanks

Hi all: I recently got a Synology DS218play NAS and 2 x10TB WD Gold drives. BIG MISTAKE! Everything works fine, of course, but the WD Gold drives are NOISY! Constant thumping/knocking noise amplified to unacceptable levels by the cabinet location of the NAS. I have 2 WD Red drives (older...

I need 4 new HDDs for my two NAS (DS1621xs+ and RS1221+) with a capacity of 12TB or above... Your choices? WD Red Pro? WD Gold? Seagate Exos? Seagate Ironwolf Pro? The performance are important for me but overall the noise has a decisive role... two NAS are in a small office and have all two...