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ReadyNAS 314 - a year of hell and now lost 10years of data!
I bought a ReadyNAS 314 when they were new in the market back in April 2013. I bought it partly because I wanted to safeguard my increasing data storage with redundancy in case of disk failure, and al...
Yes, it should be replaced. I'd suggest getting a WD30EFRX or a ST3000VN000, and not another ST3000DM001.
NAS drives have 3 year warranties, are intended for NAS use. A lot of people (including me) are using the WDC Reds with good results.
There aren't a lot of posts on the ST3000VN000, but the ones there are mostly positive. The 4 TB seagate apparently has a sector count that is slightly smaller than other 4 TB drives, which makes it hard to mix and match. I haven't heard that complaint about the 3 TB model though.
NAS drives have 3 year warranties, are intended for NAS use. A lot of people (including me) are using the WDC Reds with good results.
There aren't a lot of posts on the ST3000VN000, but the ones there are mostly positive. The 4 TB seagate apparently has a sector count that is slightly smaller than other 4 TB drives, which makes it hard to mix and match. I haven't heard that complaint about the 3 TB model though.
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