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HGST DeskStar NAS 4TB latest model compatible with RN526X/EDA500? Hard Drive recommendations?
Hello NETGEAR and ReadyNAS Community, I just purchased my first NAS, the six-bay RN526X, along with the five-bay EDA500 expansion chassis with sixth-bay hot spare. My plan is to use six 4TB d...
i referred to deskstar, not deskstar nas.
deskstar nas is like wd red a rebadged green with added features for using in a nas environment. again wd red pro is higher grade from red for nas use.
regarding backblaze test reports u will see that there are many who treat them with a grain of salt. mainly concerning the control room temp, conditions of servers, stability of power supplies, and buying bulk batches at lowest price,.
if u really concern about maintenance very frequently doing defrag, scrub and balancing u are going to stress your hard drives. flimsy hard drives may give u 2-3 years while better ones may last a lot longer. initial savings on acquisition costs may not be a saving at the end.
My initial question was about the compatibility of an HGST DeskStar NAS hard drive, not a "regular" DeskStar, so I'm not sure why you would have referred to the non-NAS version. I realize the Backblaze reports are not exactly controlled scientific studies, but they were a useful starting point for me as I began to investigate the best hard drives for my needs.
I was not planning on doing excessive maintenance beyond what is recommended, so I'm not terribly worried about overstressing the disks. What is the best order to run the maintenance tasks, and how often?
Also, what is the best method of testing the disks when they arrive? Unless a firmware update is required, I'm not too keen on connecting each disk to my PC just to run Seagate's diagnostic utility. Would it be wise to access the boot menu of the NAS when I first install the disks and run both a memory test followed by a full disk test?
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