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cjmcgee
Jun 10, 2010Tutor
3TB drive compatibility?
I own a ReadyNAS Duo with a pair of 1.5 TB drives. It is starting to get full so I am considering upgrading the drives. I could upgrade to 2TB drives, but that seems like a lot of cost and effort f...
jmirabil
Apr 18, 2011Aspirant
VERIFIED : So this weekend I verified that using SIX WD30EZRS (with WDIDLE3 /s0 set on all six drives in a separate sata system) works in a pro business under 4.2.16 if you factory default with these 6 drives in place. Works well... 13.6 Tb reported on the OLED.
This WD30EZRS drive should be added to the compatibility list with default jumper settings and with the Wdidle3 /s0 note or the runaway LCC's will prematurely destroy the drive.
FYI: this drive has alot of jumper options- Netgear you should also test those, maybe the performance can be enhanced... the test this last weekend I did used the drives in their default jumper config.
This WD30EZRS drive should be added to the compatibility list with default jumper settings and with the Wdidle3 /s0 note or the runaway LCC's will prematurely destroy the drive.
FYI: this drive has alot of jumper options- Netgear you should also test those, maybe the performance can be enhanced... the test this last weekend I did used the drives in their default jumper config.
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