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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/and-yet-it-grooves on 2025-06-23 22:42:21+00:00.
I recently bought my first pair of 12TB HDDs (WD Red Plus) for my home server, and while I was researching what drives to buy I noticed that consistently every recommendation for quieter drives topped out around 12TB or 14TB regardless of brand.
Is there a reason for that? Is there some technical boundary around that point of data, or is it more economic like larger drives are geared towards the enterprise market where noise isn't as much of a concern?
Otherwise it seems unclear to me why, for example, a 7200RPM 14TB WD Red Plus could be relatively quiet but bumping that to a 16TB WD Red Pro at the same RPM sees the volume become much more pronounced.