ReadyNAS Device Compatibility List

sphardy wrote:

Now consider that the Constellation drives fail testing - why? They are 512 byte sector drives and *should* work. Is it due to "Bad" drives? Or an issue with the NAS? Has to be one of the 2. If it is an issue with the NAS, maybe Netgear cannot or will not fix it - or don't consider it worth the effort. If Netgear came out and said this would you accept it and ask no more? Probably not as otherwise these last few posts would not exist.

Sorry, I didn't realize you were omniscient.

As a matter of fact, I would accept if Netgear said those drives don't and won't work in the NV+. I could make an informed decision either to investigate other drives or a newer NAS. As it stands now, I'm stuck waiting to see if they'll ever add them to the list.

I'd love for them to tell me which of your three options it is.

If the fault is in the drives - would Netgear publicise that? And risk causing issues between them and Seagate?

Why not? You think the SN04 issue didn't cause issues between them?

My contention is [they don't work] as I suggested in my original post as these drives have been available for a considerable time, when the NV+ was still a focus sell.

Uh, no, the 2TB Constellations may have been announced while the NV+ was a focus sell, but by the time they reached the market, the NVX was the current model. In fact, looking at the 2TB drives they did test with the NV+, it seems pretty likely that they just stopped testing new drives on the NV+.

But I really would like for them to test the only enterprise-grade 2TB drive available.