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Looking to fit 3TB Enterprise drives to ReadyNAS Duo or NV+
I currently have 2x Seagate ST31000340NS in a ReadyNAS Duo (RND2000 v2), and would like to increase the capacity to 3TB with a pair of the Seagate ST33000650NS drives. Could anyone offer some advice ...
Either way you are getting a WD drive. Hitachi became part of WD a year ago (8 March 2012).
jonnymorris wrote: Thank you for the heads up on the WD drives / 5.3.x firmware problem, could be an incompatibility between the drives firmware and the ReadyNAS firmware, doesn't say much for the HCL as these drives are on it. Honestly, never been much of a fan of WD drives anyway. I think I'm going to give a pair of the Hitachi 4TB drives a go, 7K4000, see how they fare as a mirror.
"could be an incompatibility" is of course true. And this post "could be an incompatibility" between 3 TB Hitachi drives and the x86 NAS: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=69855&p=387516&hilit=volume+check#p387516
Both conclusions would be (IMHO) premature, as there very few reports of trouble with either of those drives here. I have no hands-on experience with the Hitachi's, but I am running 6 WD30EFRX drives in various NAS, and so far they have worked flawlessly.
Anyway, I think both choices are solid. Let us know how it works.
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