NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Karpy
Feb 06, 2014Follower
Can WD20EARS run side by side with a WD20EZRX hard drive.
Hi, I am very new here, so I apologise for posting a question that may have already been answered. I have a Netgear ReadyNAS NV+V2 (4bay). At the moment I have 4 WD20EARS Caviar Green hard drives ...
gbe92
Dec 30, 2014Aspirant
Hi mdgm,
Would you mind elaborating on:
The Green are fare less expensive than the Red ones.
Is this a reliability (Red are designed for NAS), a performance problem (they run with lower speed) ,... ?
I'm considering a Green for my ReadyNas Duo v1 (which does not officially supports the Red drive at http://www.readynas.com/app/hcl_disk).
Regards,
Gilles
Would you mind elaborating on:
mdgm wrote: I don't recommend Green drives.
The Green are fare less expensive than the Red ones.
Is this a reliability (Red are designed for NAS), a performance problem (they run with lower speed) ,... ?
I'm considering a Green for my ReadyNas Duo v1 (which does not officially supports the Red drive at http://www.readynas.com/app/hcl_disk).
Regards,
Gilles
Related Content
NETGEAR Academy

Boost your skills with the Netgear Academy - Get trained, certified and stay ahead with the latest Netgear technology!
Join Us!