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Difference between RN526XD3 and RN526XE3
So, I see the difference between the two models is desktop vs enterprise disks, but can someone please help me understand the difference between those disks? Reliability? Speed? This is going i...
Thanks for the reply.
I think I am going to recommend a RN526X00 (diskless) and pick up 6x3TB WDC Red drives. Comes in around $250 less than just buying the populated Desktop drive version, and it sounds like the drives are more reliable that way.
I assume that the diskless enclosure still has the same OS features as the populated drive, and I just have to build the container with the new disks when I install them?
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Spetsdod;
Spetsdod wrote:
I assume that the diskless enclosure still has the same OS features as the populated drive, and I just have to build the container with the new disks when I install them?
Yes. You just put in the unformatted disks, and turn it on. It will automatically do a factory install, and start building a XRAID single-redundancy volume. You can start the configuration process from RAIDar, or just log into the web ui using https://nas-ip-address/admin. At the logon prompt, enter admin, the default password is password. If you don't want XRAID single-redundancy, you can switch to flexraid, destroy the XRAID volume, and create what you want. There's no need to wait for the XRAID volume to be fully built.
The disk trays have toolless inserts, and the WD30EFRX side mounting holes are in the right position to use them.
FWIW I use 6x3TB WD30EFRX in my pro-6, and have been happy with them. I am going with larger drives in my 526XL (4x6TB WD60EFRX), just to allow some horizontal expansion later on.
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