Hi,

Reliability aside the functional performance of enterprise drives v non-enterprise drives when fitted to an Audio Server such as the Sooloos is moot. If you wanted to run 10+ zones then maybe but for the typical installation the drives will be just ticking over.

I ran a pair of Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 3.5" SATA-600 7200rpm 64MB Mfr#: ST32000641AS drives for over a year without a hitch; when I needed more space I upgraded to a pair of 3TB Seagate ST33000651AS Barracuda XT 7200RPM SATA (6GB/s, 64MB Cache).

I did look at the Enterprise Constellation versions but availability and cost factors (in Dec 2011) lead me down the Barracuda route. I actually purchased 4 drives; 2 for the TwinStore, one for offsite backup and one for onsite backup (I alternate the two backups - possibly overkill I know).

Regards,
Carl

861v6+ID40, HD621, 8000.2, 7200HC, 7200.2, SKYQ Silver, PS3, PDP-LX6090, QNAP TS870-Pro (8*6TB), Roon, iPadAir2.
[In Reserve] C15, MD600 (2*3TB), TwinStore RM (2*2TB)