3TB Compatibility List

chsu83 wrote:
I only tought they should have tested some drives (shure not only with one) in Beta Testing. So there should be a list.. perhaps not official, but something like "they've worked in Beta"- list here in the Forum. Shure better in the official HCL ;-)

They wouldn't have test just one drive in the beta testing. But there are a lot of ReadyNAS models to qualify 3TB drives for. To qualify a 3TB drive they need to test the drive on multiple units of each ReadyNAS model the drive needs to be qualified for and purchase more disks than drive bays to allow for drive failures. This is not only expensive, but also time consuming. Of course as the betas progressed it could well have become clear that changes needed to be made to support some of the drives, making it impossible to qualify them in time for the release of 4.2.16. We users can only speculate as to why only one 3TB drive is on the list at this time. However one should note that NetGear won't put disks on the compatibility list, merely if they have a "gut" feeling that they'll work. They need to pass NetGear's extensive testing.

sphardy wrote:
It has already been reported that the first 3TB drive released by Seagate (supplied in a USB case) was in fact a 512 byte sector drive.

This is interesting. I was under the impression that the reason for 4k sector support in the first place was that it would be needed for all 3TB drives. Do you have a link?