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ReadyNAS Device Compatibility List
ReadyNAS Device Compatibility List can be found here. Edited March 27, 2009.
From Netgear's point of view, they have certified all the drives on the HCL (with the unfortunate misstep with the drives you bought). All they can suggest is that you pick another drive on the HCL - what else do you expect them to tell you?
MD0MDI wrote: I have already looked and the drives in question are at least double the cost of the Seagate drives, it took me months to save to afford those it could be upto 6 months before I can afford a set of hitachi drives. I think due to the ack of help from Netgear on the phone here in the uk I am thinking of putting the enclosure on eBay and giving up on he whole idea!
I am guessing that you have an NV+ v1. The Samsung Spinpoint F4 HD204UI is on the v1 HCL and is similar in price to the ST2000DL003 [in the US anyway], so that is an option. Hitachi Ultrastars are very expensive here, but the 7K3000 are only $20 more then the Seagates you returned.
You could also buy one less drive for now, to keep your cash outlay lower. One benefit of XRAID is that you don't have to buy the drives all at once.
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