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mdgm-ntgr
Feb 18, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
NAS Not all drives are equal - choosing the right drive for you
One of the most important decisions you will make when purchasing a NAS is the decision as to which drives to purchase to put in it. Indeed depending on which NAS model and which drives you buy you c...
mdgm-ntgr
Feb 18, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
No. The NAS drives are the better choices. The green ones are "consumer desktop drives" and to be avoided. Green disks have energy saving features which are great for some uses but not for NAS use. The NAS needs to control when disks spin down etc.
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