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How much does a drives RPM make a difference?
I have two ReadyNAS NV+ units that I use in a home environment. One of the NV+ units is used to back up some (but not all) of the data from the primary NV+ unit. I have 5 Macs, two AppleTVs, two TiV...
Darn... my knowledge is so outdated that I need to stop trying to help :( Bummer about the Sparc's & 3TBs.
It makes me wonder -- could they possibly create a *new* firmware that had absolutely no backwards-compatibility (ie, no "in-place update", nor can read drives from old array - maybe the firmware "space" is an issue and preventing them from enabling larger drives) - so users could choose to back up all data, create a "new technology" array, and restore data to that. Perhaps doing this would allow them to excise/remove enough "backwards-compatibility" code that Netgear could enable the latest on older equipment.
After all, with 3TB drives available now, it would only take 1.5 of those to back up most NV+ units for a clean re-boot. Kind of like the last Star Trek movie totally (and awesomely) rebooted the franchise :)
It makes me wonder -- could they possibly create a *new* firmware that had absolutely no backwards-compatibility (ie, no "in-place update", nor can read drives from old array - maybe the firmware "space" is an issue and preventing them from enabling larger drives) - so users could choose to back up all data, create a "new technology" array, and restore data to that. Perhaps doing this would allow them to excise/remove enough "backwards-compatibility" code that Netgear could enable the latest on older equipment.
After all, with 3TB drives available now, it would only take 1.5 of those to back up most NV+ units for a clean re-boot. Kind of like the last Star Trek movie totally (and awesomely) rebooted the franchise :)
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