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readynas pro 6 WD40EFRX
WD40EFRX is not in the compatibility list for readynas pro 6. But WD30EFRX is. Does anyone know why 4TB is not in the list? What issues I may run into if I choose WD40EFRX? A reason I want to go w...
REDs are VERY cool. Max temp is 42°C under stress. The fan will never speed up (it speeds up at 46°C). When idle they stay at 34°C (if memory serves, I've taken them out for a test today). They are very quite and their read/write performance basically are over the Gigabit performance.
You do not need a firmware but there is a tool to make sure the timer to park the heads is set to 300s. Some units came out of the factory with a value of 8 seconds!
http://support.wd.com/product/download.asp?groupid=619&sid=201&lang=en
You can run it from the NAS.
Overall I'm very happy. That kernel crash hasn't happened again but I am not using the NAS very much yet.
You do not need a firmware but there is a tool to make sure the timer to park the heads is set to 300s. Some units came out of the factory with a value of 8 seconds!
http://support.wd.com/product/download.asp?groupid=619&sid=201&lang=en
You can run it from the NAS.
Overall I'm very happy. That kernel crash hasn't happened again but I am not using the NAS very much yet.
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