Howdy folks, I have an NV+ (see signature below) that currently has three drives in it: Seagate Barracuda ES.2 / ST31000340NS I'm ready to expand and add a fourth drive, however the ES.2 drives have been discontinued.It appears the replacement is the Seagate Constellation ES ST31000524NS. Since this is a newer drive it is NOT on the compatibility list for the NV+ however it is on the list for newer versions of the ReadyNAS.They are both 1 TB, 32 MB cache, 7200 RPM, SATA 3.0 with 4.16ms average latency. On paper they look pretty identical.Any thoughts? Will this drive work fine in my NV+ alongside the Barracuda ES.2 drives?.

I think it probably should work fine. I think it's unfortunate that NetGear doesn't appear to be qualifying enterprise disks for the NV+ any more despite many of its users purchasing it back when it was an enterprise product and still being covered by warranty.Edit: I just took a look and the compatibility list and there is a Hitachi enterprise drive on the list.

Hi,I have a number of older ReadyNAS boxes using ST31000340NS drives. Some of those drives are starting to fail. I too have found that these drives are no longer available and are being replaced by ST31000524NS drives. As per Flash's post these drives appear functionally identical to the older model but they are not listed against older models in the Hardware Compatibility List.The support warning about not using unsupported drives is quite blatant and strongly worded. Can someone from Netgear please advise us on using these newer, replacement models. I would like to see something in writing so that our support options are not restricted. Either the Hardware Compatibility List should be updated or can a Jedi make a statement here that Netgear Support personal will accept.Regards,Ian.

I heard back from Seagate support today who confirmed:Yes the ST31000524NS drive would the the closest match but not exact.So we're on the right track as far as the most suitable drive to use alongside the older ES.2 models. I got a response online from Seagate within an hour today, I'd love it if someone from the ReadyNAS crew could chime in quickly.

Hi,*BUMP*Would someone official from Netgear please respond to this thread. I really need to make a move on replacing the failing disks. I would like to stick with Seagate drives as all the other disks in use are currently Seagates.Regards,Ian.

This is a forum of ReadyNAS users. While Netgear staff will occasionally drop by, they are not on the forum all the time. Of course since you are in the U.S., you can still get the ST1000340NS from eAgis.

NV+ = Segate ES.2 vs. Constellation

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markwoll
Guide
Mar 26, 2011
When it rains it pours.
Reallocated sectors have me looking for a new disk.
My 750NS drives are no longer available so a 1tb is the next best.
I hate to buy consumer grade drives for a NAS so here we go.
The ST31000524NS is on the way.
I suppose that word will get around Real Soon Now if they work or not.

mark
Flash1
Aspirant
Mar 27, 2011
It does make me feel better knowing I'm far from the only user in this situation. My ST31000524NS arrived Friday. I'm currently "burning in" a WD15EARS for my mother and once I'm done with transferring over all her files, etc. I'm move on to my new drive. It will probably be the middle of next week before I get it installed in the NAS but I'll report back when it's in.
IanSav
Apprentice
Apr 02, 2011
Hi,

The first of my new Constellation disks has gone into my DUO. It seems to be working fine. The crash problems caused by the failing disk have stopped and all looks OK. Time will tell if there are any obscure problems.

Regards,
Ian.
markwoll
Guide
Apr 07, 2011
Just a small bump to see what has been going on.
I have not installed my ST31000524NS yet.
There is an opportunity to get more for a better price.
Newegg has all internal harddrives 10% off 4/7-4/8 HDTEN is the checkout code.

mark
IanSav
Apprentice
Apr 07, 2011
Hi mark,

Still no official comment from Netgear. My first Constellation drive, installed in a DUO, seems to be working OK. I am intending to get another of these drives to replace a failing drive in a NV.

Regards,
Ian.
IanSav
Apprentice
Apr 14, 2011
Hi,

The drive still appears to be working okay. :) Unfortunately still no comment from Netgear. :(

Regards,
Ian.
markwoll
Guide
Apr 15, 2011
Thanks.
I think I will begin replacements this weekend.

mark
markwoll
Guide
Apr 18, 2011
I replaced all four drives with the Constellations in order and did the volume expansion.
Very smooth.
Seems to run a little cooler with the newer drives.
I guess time will tell.

mark

Flash1

Aspirant

Aug 28, 2013

Flash wrote:
It does make me feel better knowing I'm far from the only user in this situation. My ST31000524NS arrived Friday. I'm currently "burning in" a WD15EARS for my mother and once I'm done with transferring over all her files, etc. I'm move on to my new drive. It will probably be the middle of next week before I get it installed in the NAS but I'll report back when it's in.

Flash wrote:
It does make me feel better knowing I'm far from the only user in this situation. My ST31000524NS arrived Friday. I'm currently "burning in" a WD15EARS for my mother and once I'm done with transferring over all her files, etc. I'm move on to my new drive. It will probably be the middle of next week before I get it installed in the NAS but I'll report back when it's in.

A user just reminded me that I never updated this thread. I added the Constellation drive back over two years ago when this thread was active. It expanded fine and [knock-on-wood] has been running fine since then. It still only has 597 "Power On Hours" on it in all that time.

Disk 1 Seagate ST31000340NS 931 GB
Disk 2 Seagate ST31000524NS 931 GB
Disk 3 Seagate ST31000340NS 931 GB
Disk 4 Seagate ST31000340NS 931 GB

blubstar
Aspirant
Aug 28, 2013
@Flash: Thank you for that update and conratulations for your courage.

I know that the following questions are more personal/psychological, but you did it so I ask you:

Would you take the same risk (of the drive not running in the NV+)
a) with the newer Constellation ES.2 or ES.3?
b) with a mix of older 500GB drives and newer 2TB/3TB/4TB drives?

Which type of "challenges" you would expect?

I ask because, if it does NOT work, then I go get a newer NAS case (which I would need anyways) and are fine.

Thanx,

blubstar

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