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Avoid Seagate ST8000VN0002 - Horrible noise issue!
Hi, I have installed four of the Seagate ST8000VN0002 in my RN716x and just finished the resync of all disks. Unfortunately I now have an annoying beeping/humming noise when the disks are idling....
Ooops! I didn't know about that! The holes I drilled were a few centimeters in. Just enough for the tray's plastic peg to fit in. Thanks to you I know what to do with my second Seagate 8TB NAS HDD SATA 6Gb/s NCQ 256 MB Cache Bare Drive ST8000VN0002
I use 6 WD80EZZX 8TB drives that don't have any noise issues (they are very quiet and performance is great, plus they have normal mounting holes so you can use the tray!)
The only downside is that you have to remove the drives from an external enclosure (it's super easy to do) and then keep the external enclosure/screws/random pieces in the event that you need to use the warranty. You can buy the drives for under $250 on Amazon or eBay.
So far I have 4,000 power on hours on them and haven't had any issues. My RN516 (has 16GB's of Memory and a 716 processor in it) gets used very heavily and I have had no issues whatsoever.
I would highly recommend them!
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