I bought an Inateck FD2005C USB-C desktop docking station (two slots for drives, 3.5" or 2.5") and also ordered a Toshiba N300 4TB 7200RPM CMR SATA internal hard drive.
I began reading afterwards about subtle differences between NAS and "desktop" drives, such as potentially increased noise and differing error protocols (NAS drives more quickly finding bad sectors). I haven't unpacked the Toshiba drive yet.
My question is whether the NAS drive would be perfectly suitable for daily or weekly updates on this docking station, since it will not be running 24/7 in an RAID array. I would rather have the fastest spinning drive that is also flexible (so that I can get more than one backup drive and not add more bulk).
I see many of the internal drives on Amazon and B&H are NAS drives, and that the "desktop" drives tend to be 5400RPM and many are SMR drives.
Any constructive suggestions are welcome.
I began reading afterwards about subtle differences between NAS and "desktop" drives, such as potentially increased noise and differing error protocols (NAS drives more quickly finding bad sectors). I haven't unpacked the Toshiba drive yet.
My question is whether the NAS drive would be perfectly suitable for daily or weekly updates on this docking station, since it will not be running 24/7 in an RAID array. I would rather have the fastest spinning drive that is also flexible (so that I can get more than one backup drive and not add more bulk).
I see many of the internal drives on Amazon and B&H are NAS drives, and that the "desktop" drives tend to be 5400RPM and many are SMR drives.
Any constructive suggestions are welcome.