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amrob2
Mar 01, 2023Apprentice
ReadyNAS 316 - Disc 5 impending failure warning - leading to question about WD white label drives
A couple of days ago, my RN316 emailed an impending failure warning for disc no 5 in my raid array. Luckily I do have a couple of spare 12TB drives laying around, specifically for the dreaded day whe...
StephenB
Mar 01, 2023Guru - Experienced User
amrob2 wrote:
The drives currently installed in the primary NAS are WD Red 12TB WD120EFAX drives that spin at 5400rpm.
Actually they spin at 7200 (even though for some reason WDC had them advertise themselves as 5400 class).
But you can mix-and-match, as Sandshark says.
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