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Question on Ultra 6 (first time user)
I am considering purchasing the Ultra 6 (RNDU6000) with 6 3TB Seagate drives (ST33000651AS). Having never owned a Readynas product, I had some questions: Usage: file serving to PCs and Macs, iTune...
1. Actually with single redundancy, you will see about 13.5TB of volume. (5x2.7TB after overhead and 1000/1024 conversion)
2. They seem to have a good rating. You might want to look at the Hitachi HDS723030ALA640. It has the rotation vibration safeguard where the Seagate does not. The Seagate does have a 5 year warranty and the Hitachi a 3 year warranty. This Hitachi is listed on Newegg and several other sites by it P/N of 0S03086 rather than the drive model number. I have 2 x HDS5C3030ALA630 (P/N 0S03230 for OEM and 0S03228 for Retail boxing) and they have been running for almost 3 months with no problems. These are the 5400 RPM "Green" drives, but I have not noticed much difference between them and 7200 RPM drives in my NVX. However, my NVX file transfer rate is between 55 and 75 MB/s and a Pro 6 would be hitting the max for a gigabit connection of 100+ MB/s.
3. Since I am all Windows and have AFP disabled, I cannot say.
4. Faster Processor if you are going to be running a lot of add-ons. If you are using it just as a standard file server, maybe not so much.
5. Jealousy of your friends. :D
2. They seem to have a good rating. You might want to look at the Hitachi HDS723030ALA640. It has the rotation vibration safeguard where the Seagate does not. The Seagate does have a 5 year warranty and the Hitachi a 3 year warranty. This Hitachi is listed on Newegg and several other sites by it P/N of 0S03086 rather than the drive model number. I have 2 x HDS5C3030ALA630 (P/N 0S03230 for OEM and 0S03228 for Retail boxing) and they have been running for almost 3 months with no problems. These are the 5400 RPM "Green" drives, but I have not noticed much difference between them and 7200 RPM drives in my NVX. However, my NVX file transfer rate is between 55 and 75 MB/s and a Pro 6 would be hitting the max for a gigabit connection of 100+ MB/s.
3. Since I am all Windows and have AFP disabled, I cannot say.
4. Faster Processor if you are going to be running a lot of add-ons. If you are using it just as a standard file server, maybe not so much.
5. Jealousy of your friends. :D
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