02-15-2021, 02:22 PM
The 8-bay rule for Pro drives is just a simple prediction. The manufacturer assumes that if you have that many bays, you probably use it for a business. With 10 or people relying on this storage space you would expect the best performance. PRO drives are spinning constantly at 7200RPM and therefore IOPS (the time it responds) are much faster. Regular NAS drives might hibernate when not in use or not spinning constantly at its fastest speed. This means that it might a second or two to get an initial response from the NAS. Once you tell them to wake up and do some work, the responsiveness will be similar to PRO drives anyway. Just this energy-saving delay you need to consider. But if it is just you, I think this is not an issue.I hope this helps.