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Replacing Nv+ with pro 6?
i first bought an NV+ with 4x 750gb and it worked great, and backed it up to one of the desktop computer boxes. As time went on i ran out of room, and upgraded to a PRO Business with 6x 1tb in raid 6...
Yeah, eAegis doesn't appear to promote the Netgear products, but if you use their search box you can find them.
I have installed two Hitachi 3TB 5400 RPM drives in my two NVX units (along with two of the original Seagate 1TB drives). They seem to be doing well. When searching for the newer Hitachi drives, you need to be persistent. The HCL list shows the drive models, but Hitachi had opaque anti-static bags so you can read the disk label. The label on the anti-static bag only has the part no (P/N) of the drive, not the model.
In my case the HDS5C3030ALA630 OEM drive is listed on Newegg as 0S03230 but when you look at the image detail you can read the model number. The same drive with retail packaging is listed as 0S03228 but again the image shows the correct part no. (The retail image is not the same image used for the OEM drive). The 7K3000 drive HDS723030ALA640 is listed on some sites as P/N 0F12450. It is harder to find as Newegg does not list it.
With my NVX and the way I use it, I have not noted any slower performance with the 5400 RPM drives, but with the Pro6 it may be a little different since it has a much faster processor.
If I had the money and was after a Pro6, I would just let eAegis install 4x3TB drives and do the testing. A while back I priced one out and found I could not buy a Pro6 from eAegis and then buy the drives separately (even from eAegis) anywhere and install them than I could get the Pro6 with the drives, and as you said tested and initialized. Why the don't make the Netgear products easier to find, I don't know.
I have installed two Hitachi 3TB 5400 RPM drives in my two NVX units (along with two of the original Seagate 1TB drives). They seem to be doing well. When searching for the newer Hitachi drives, you need to be persistent. The HCL list shows the drive models, but Hitachi had opaque anti-static bags so you can read the disk label. The label on the anti-static bag only has the part no (P/N) of the drive, not the model.
In my case the HDS5C3030ALA630 OEM drive is listed on Newegg as 0S03230 but when you look at the image detail you can read the model number. The same drive with retail packaging is listed as 0S03228 but again the image shows the correct part no. (The retail image is not the same image used for the OEM drive). The 7K3000 drive HDS723030ALA640 is listed on some sites as P/N 0F12450. It is harder to find as Newegg does not list it.
With my NVX and the way I use it, I have not noted any slower performance with the 5400 RPM drives, but with the Pro6 it may be a little different since it has a much faster processor.
If I had the money and was after a Pro6, I would just let eAegis install 4x3TB drives and do the testing. A while back I priced one out and found I could not buy a Pro6 from eAegis and then buy the drives separately (even from eAegis) anywhere and install them than I could get the Pro6 with the drives, and as you said tested and initialized. Why the don't make the Netgear products easier to find, I don't know.
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