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mikmager
Guide
Oct 31, 2022

RNDP600 Community HCL hardrive support?

I have an RNDP600 Readynas Pro Pioneer. It's upgraded to OS6 and I will use it as backup server that will be turned off most of the time. I need to buy some new hard drives but the HCL is not mainta...
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StephenB
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Oct 31, 2022
mikmager wrote:

 

Can I just buy any NAS HD e.g. seagate Ironwolf or is it anything I need to worry about?

 

Seagate Ironwolf and WD Red Plus are both good options.  Don't use the normal WD Red - those are SMR drives, and not well suited to BTRFS.

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