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reburns
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Jun 24, 2020
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RN316 - confirm mixing disk sizes

Hello -   I have had one of the six 6TB WD60EFRX fail in a RN316 and need to order a replacement ASAP.  I'd like to confirm that I can replace that one drive with the newer 10TB WD100EFRX.  The RN3...
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    StephenB
    Jun 25, 2020
    reburns wrote:

     

    Base upon that, the "Red Pro NAS" 7200rpm 7200rpm 14TB - WD141KFGX might run amongst the coolest?  At $20 more per HDD than the 5400 "Red NAS".

     

    So it's between the "Red Pro NAS" 7200rpm 14TB and the "Red NAS" 5400rpm 14TB.  Not worried about the cost delta.  Got a suggestion?

     

     

    Definitely go with the datasheet on the power use.  Both drives are good choices - the Pro should perform a bit better, and has a longer warranty.  So it's fine to go with that.

     

    reburns wrote:

    I could add that I can access the RN316 data, but not it's network admin RAIDar page.  The front display reads "Recover data 66.64%", and I know the problem is disk #1 from a previous look at the logs (and the blinking bay light).

     

    Normally you should be able to access the web ui, though it does run at a low priority, so it can time out.

     

    Do you have a backup of the data?

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reburns
Aspirant
Jun 25, 2020

StephenB 

 

Thanks for the thorough reply!

 

I prefer to spend the $$ upfront to upgrade for more storage, so will go with 14Tb based upon your reply, and stick with WD for now.  And IF the 5400rpm generates less heat, then I see the sense in that.  But that "if" might not hold?

 

"Red NAS" 5400rpm 14TB - WD140EFFX = up to 210 MB/s, 6.5W read/write, 3W idle, 0.8W sleep (datasheet)

"Red Pro NAS" 7200rpm 14TB - WD141KFGX = up to 255 MB/s, 6.2W read/write, 3W idle, 0.8W sleep (datasheet)

"Gold Enterprise" 7200rpm 14TB is 6W read/write, but 5.5W idle, 0.4W sleep so that's a big jump with idle (datasheet)

My old WD60EFRX 5400rpm are 5.3W read/write, 3.4W idle, 0.8W sleep (datasheet)

 

Base upon that, the "Red Pro NAS" 7200rpm 7200rpm 14TB - WD141KFGX might run amongst the coolest?  At $20 more per HDD than the 5400 "Red NAS".

 

So it's between the "Red Pro NAS" 7200rpm 14TB and the "Red NAS" 5400rpm 14TB.  Not worried about the cost delta.  Got a suggestion?

 

 

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 25, 2020
reburns wrote:

 

Base upon that, the "Red Pro NAS" 7200rpm 7200rpm 14TB - WD141KFGX might run amongst the coolest?  At $20 more per HDD than the 5400 "Red NAS".

 

So it's between the "Red Pro NAS" 7200rpm 14TB and the "Red NAS" 5400rpm 14TB.  Not worried about the cost delta.  Got a suggestion?

 

 

Definitely go with the datasheet on the power use.  Both drives are good choices - the Pro should perform a bit better, and has a longer warranty.  So it's fine to go with that.

 

reburns wrote:

I could add that I can access the RN316 data, but not it's network admin RAIDar page.  The front display reads "Recover data 66.64%", and I know the problem is disk #1 from a previous look at the logs (and the blinking bay light).

 

Normally you should be able to access the web ui, though it does run at a low priority, so it can time out.

 

Do you have a backup of the data?

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